Parasite-susceptibility phenotypes of F1 Biomphalaria glabrata progeny derived from interbreeding Schistosoma mansoni-resistant and -susceptible snails

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Lewis, Fred A ^a   Patterson, Carolyn N ^a   Grzywacz, Claudia ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FERTILITY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HATCHING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MIRACIDIUM; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SNAIL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CROSSES, GENETIC; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALIA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0037217861     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0730-4     Document Type: Article

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