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Frequency and mitotic heritability of epimutations in Schistosoma mansoni.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2016
Roquis David, Rognon Anne, Chaparro Cristian, Boissier Jerome, Arancibia Nathalie, Cosseau Celine, Parrinello Hugues, Grunau Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic platyhelminth responsible for intestinal bilharzia. It has a complex life cycle, infecting a freshwater snail of the Biomphalaria genus, and then a mammalian host. Schistosoma mansoni adapts rapidly to new (allopatric) strains of its intermediate host. To study the importance of epimutations in this process, we infected sympatric and allopatric mollusc strains with parasite...
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