Changes of mate occur in Schistosoma mansoni

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-500

  Pica Mattoccia, L ^a   Moroni, R ^a   Tchuem Tchuente L A ^b,c   Southgate, V R ^b   Cioli, D ^a,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d Institute of Cell Biology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change of partners; Drug resistance; Mating competition; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

HYCANTHONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HYCANTHONE; MALE; MICE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034061544     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005685     Document Type: Article

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