Compatibility between snails and schistosomes: insights from new genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping

Using newly developed genetic resources, comparative genomics, and genetic mapping, this study provides novel insights into schistosome resistance in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, an important intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni, a causative agent of human schistosomiasis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lijing Bu, Daibin Zhong, Lijun Lu, Eric S. Loker, Guiyun Yan, Si-Ming Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03844-5