Experimental cross-breeding of Ancylostoma tubaeforme (Zeder, 1800) and Ancylostoma caninum (Ercolani, 1859).
In experimental crosses between A. tubaeform and A caninum the worms failed to produce progeny in dual-strain combinations. Even though these two strains did not fail to copulate. Egg production was observed only in identical single-strain combinations. This supports the assumption that the two species are genetically separate and valid.
D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D010270:Parasite Egg Count