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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2020-08-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/59395 |