Digenetic Trematodes: Multiplication of the Intramolluscan Stages in Some Species Is Potentially Unlimited

Johannes Dönges, Marlene Götzelmann

Journal of Parasitology · 1988 · 12 citations · 0 references

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By carrying out chain-transplantations of intramolluscan stages of digeneans from infected to uninfected snails it has been demonstrated that a great number of generations of these stages can follow one another. In Echinostomatids the succession of redial generations potentially seems to be unlimited.