Genetics and genomics converge on the human blood fluke.
The construction of a genetic map of the human infective blood fluke (Schistosoma mansoni), coupled with the availability of the genome sequence, offers new approaches for research on this important parasitic worm.
Tait
Andy
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Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, University Place, Glasgow G128TA, UK. a.tait@vet.gla.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000235:genetics*