First report of a natural hybrid between Schistosoma mansoni and S. rodhaini

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 416-418

  Morgan, Jess A T ^a   DeJong, Randall J ^a   Lwambo, Nicholas J S ^b   Mungai, Benjamin N ^c   Mkoji, Gerald M ^c   Loker, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; INTROGRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA RODHAINI; SNAIL; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HYBRID VIGOR; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA RODHAINI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037399213     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0416:FROANH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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