Clusters of polymorphic transmembrane genes control resistance to schistosomes in snail vectors

Schistosomiasis is a debilitating parasitic disease infecting hundreds of millions of people. Schistosomes use aquatic snails as intermediate hosts. A promising avenue for disease control involves leveraging innate host mechanisms to reduce snail vectorial capacity. In a genome-wide association stud...

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Main Authors: Jacob A Tennessen, Stephanie R Bollmann, Ekaterina Peremyslova, Brent A Kronmiller, Clint Sergi, Bulut Hamali, Michael Scott Blouin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-08-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/59395