Insights into Embryo Defenses of the Invasive Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata: Egg Mass Ingestion Affects Rat Intestine Morphology and Growth

BACKGROUND: The spread of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata is expanding the rat lungworm disease beyond its native range. Their toxic eggs have virtually no predators and unusual defenses including a neurotoxic lectin and a proteinase inhibitor, presumably advertised by a warning coloration....

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Autores principales: Dreon, Marcos S., Fernández, Patricia E., Gimeno, Eduardo J., Heras, Horacio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24945629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002961

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24945629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002961

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