Inhibition of the development of the reproductive tract in parasitized snails

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 223-227

  De Jong Brink, Marijk ^a   Van Der Wal, Brenda ^a   Op De Laak, Xavier E ^a   Bergamin Sassen, Marion J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anlage; Copulation organ; Parasitic sterilization; Schistosomes; Snail host

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032817234     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652704     Document Type: Article

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