Genome-Wide Scan and Test of Candidate Genes in the Snail Biomphalaria glabrata Reveal New Locus Influencing Resistance to Schistosoma mansoni - Concepedia

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Genome-Wide Scan and Test of Candidate Genes in the Snail Biomphalaria glabrata Reveal New Locus Influencing Resistance to Schistosoma mansoni

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2015

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Jacob A. Tennessen, Kaitlin Bonner, Stephanie R. Bollmann, Joel A. Johnstun, Jan‐Ying Yeh, Melanie L. Marine, Hannah F. Tavalire, Christopher J. Bayne, Michael S. Blouin

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Abstract

The loci RADres and sod1 both have strong effects on resistance to S. mansoni. Future approaches to control schistosomiasis may benefit from further efforts to characterize and harness this natural genetic variation.

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