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Experimental host-induced selection in Schistosoma mansoni strains from Guadeloupe and comparison with natural observations.
Heredity - 1 Jan 1993
Brémond P, Pasteur N, Combes C, Renaud F, Théron A
Abstract excerpt
Allelic frequency variation at the malate dehydrogenase (E.C.1.1.1.37) polymorphic locus (Mdh-1) was analysed during several successive generations in four strains of Schistosoma mansoni from Guadeloupe, maintained experimentally on mice. A rapid evolution of the frequency of the Mdh-1a allele is interpreted as being the result of an interaction between experimental drift and selection induced by the murine...
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