Article
Phylogeography and genetics of the globally invasive snail Physa acuta Draparnaud 1805, and its potential to serve as an intermediate host to larval digenetic trematodes.
BMC evolutionary biology - 3 Jul 2018
Ebbs Erika T, Loker Eric S, Brant Sara V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Physa acuta is a globally invasive freshwater snail native to North America. Prior studies have led to conflicting views of how P. acuta populations are connected and genetic diversity is partitioned globally. This study aims to characterize phylogeographic and population genetic structure within the native range of P. acuta, elucidate its invasion history and assess global patterns of genetic...
Topics
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Introduced Species
- Larva
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Snails
- Species Specificity
- Trematoda