Scanning electron microscopy of the teguments of males from five populations of Schistosoma mattheei.
The teguments of males from 5 populations of S. mattheei, of which 3 were sympatric and 2 allopatric with S. haematobium, were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM). A certain percentage of the males of each sympatric population bore tubercle spines while the allopatric populations were spineless. It is postulated that the presence of tubercle spines is a characteristic inherited from S. haematobium.
D000818:Animals; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*