In vitro orientation of male Schistosoma mansoni to extracts derived from female schistosomes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1986, Pages 1729-1738

  Childs, James E ^a   Shirazian, Djamshid ^a   Gloer, James B ^b   Schiller, Everett L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

attraction; chemotaxis; cholesterol; circular statistics; ecdysone; in vitro maintenance; primer pheromone; releaser pheromone; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013650987     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01022378     Document Type: Article

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