Schistosome population genetic structure: When clumping worms is not just splitting hairs

Parasitology Today

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 68-71

  Curtis, J ^a   Minchella, D J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034141821     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01553-7     Document Type: Review

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