The occurrence and significance of triploidy in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-72

  Fletcher, H L ^a   Hoey, E M ^a   Orr, N ^a,b   Trudgett, A ^a   Fairweather, I ^a   Robinson, M W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Fasciola hepatica; Karyotype; Parthenogenesis; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GYNOGENESIS; IRELAND; KARYOTYPING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIPLOIDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; KARYOTYPING; POLYPLOIDY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; INVERTEBRATA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0842265666     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200300427X     Document Type: Article

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