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Complexity of schistosome vector bulinine snails in Kenya: Insights from nuclear genome size variation, complete mitochondrial genome sequence, and morphometric analysis.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jul 2025
Zhang Si-Ming, Adema Coen M, Habib Mohamed R, Lekired Abdelmalek, Posavi Marijan, Laidemitt Martina R, Maina Geoffrey M, Mwangi Ibrahim N, Kinuthia Joseph M, Mutuku Martin W, Loker Eric S
Abstract excerpt
Investigations of nuclear genome size, complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence, and morphometrics were conducted on specimens of Bulinus snails (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) collected from 14 locations across the east coast, central Kenya, and western Kenya around the Lake Victoria region (November 2013 and January 2024). Flow cytometry measurements of DNA content (C-value) revealed unexpected variation...
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- Animals
- Kenya
- Genome, Mitochondrial
- Genome Size
- Phylogeny