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Host-induced morphological variability in adult Posthodiplostomum minimum (Digenea: Neodiplostomidae).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Oct 1995
Pérez Ponce de León G
Abstract excerpt
Posthodiplostomum minimum adults were collected from natural hosts at Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México and from experimentally infected hosts. Intraspecific variation was measured using principal component analysis (PCA). Morphological traits such as general body shape, size, and the specific location of certain distinctive organs and structures showed great variation among hosts as described by PCA. These...
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