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A genetic analysis of reproduction in Strongyloides ratti.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 1994
Viney M E
Abstract excerpt
Strongyloides ratti has a complex life-cycle with two adult generations, one free-living and dioecious and one parasitic and female only. The parasitic females reproduce by parthenogenesis, but it is unclear whether this is mitotic or meiotic in nature. This question has been addressed genetically by analysing the progeny of parasitic females that were heterozygous at an actin locus for evidence of allelic...
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