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Trematode infection affects shell shape and size in Bulinus tropicus

Trematodes can increase intraspecific variation in the phenotype of their intermediate snail host. However, the extent of such phenotypic changes remains unclear. We investigated the influence of trematode infection on the shell morphology of Bulinus tropicus, a common host of medically important tr...

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Autores principales: Hammoud, Cyril, Kayenbergh, Annelies, Tumusiime, Julius, Verschuren, Dirk, Albrecht, Christian, Huyse, Tine, Van Bocxlaer, Bert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9357703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35957748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.07.003