Stable and unstable environments influence the genetic diversity of the nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta, a parasite of small ruminants.

doi:10.1007/s004360050468

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Stable and unstable environments influence the genetic diversity of the nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta, a parasite of small ruminants.

Parasitology research - 1 Aug 1998

Gasnier N, Cabaret J

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Acclimation of animal parasitic nematodes in the laboratory is the result of environmental disturbance; moderate numbers of infective larvae are introduced into and develop in a few naive hosts (versus many hosts with a resistance status to parasite infection under natural conditions), and stable...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Female
Genes, Helminth
Genetic Variation
Goat Diseases
Goats
Host-Parasite Interactions
Isoenzymes
Male
Sheep
Sheep Diseases
Trichostrongyloidea
Trichostrongyloidiasis

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