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Further Observations on the Sexual Maturation of Female Schistosomes in Single-Sex Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. G. Taylor
M. G. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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S. maltheei females could mature and produce eggs in the absence of males in mice and hamsters but only nonviable eggs were produced during the 88 week observation period. S. mansoni, S. rodhaini and S. bovis females were studied under similar conditions for up to 30, 36 and 66 weeks, respectively, but in none of these species were any eggs produced by the female worms. The contrasting behaviour of S. mattheei and S. bovis is further evidence of their specific distinctness.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 89 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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References

Taylor, M. G., Amin, M. B. A. and Nelson, G. S., 1969.—“‘Parthenogenesis’ in Schistosoma mattheei.” J. Helminth., 43, 197–206.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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