Article
Population genetics of Biomphalaria straminea in Hong Kong. A neotropical schistosome-transmitting snail recently introduced into China.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Woodruff D S, Mulvey M, Yipp M W
Abstract excerpt
Since its introduction in the early 1970s Biomphalaria straminea (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) has spread rapidly and is locally the most abundant fresh water snail in Hong Kong. Studies of 19 electrophoretically detected loci in four populations show that the colonists retain high levels of variabil...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Biomphalaria
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Hong Kong
- Isoenzymes