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Genetic and phenotypic variation associated with the resistance gene SOD1 in Biomphalaria glabrata, an important intermediate host of Schistosomiasis

Creator:

Bonner, Kaitlin M.

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Schistosomiasis afflicts 200 million people and is responsible for 200,000 deaths per year. The infection is caused by a digenean trematode in the genus Schistosoma. The parasite must cycle through both a vertebrate (human) and invertebrate (snail) host to complete the life cycle. My dissertation focuses on the genetic mechanisms...

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Dissertation

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_____________________________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Kaitlin M. Bonner
The effects of parasites on host behavior : who benefits?

Creator:

Lefcort, Hugh G.

Abstract:

Some parasites may modify the behavior of their hosts. Altered behaviors may: 1) benefit the host in that they defend against the pathogen, 2) benefit the pathogen and represent manipulations of the host response, and 3) benefit neither the host or the pathogen and simply be a product of the...

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Dissertation

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