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Genetic variation in sympatric Ascaris populations from humans and pigs in China.
Parasitology - 1 Oct 1998
Peng W, Anderson T J, Zhou X, Kennedy M W
Abstract excerpt
It has recently been shown using genetic markers that Ascaris in humans and pigs in Central America comprise reproductively isolated populations. We present a similar analysis for a region of China in which close association between pigs and humans has been the norm for thousands of years, and agricultural practices will result in frequent exposure to eggs from both sources. DNA fragments from selected regions of...
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