title: [Application and progress of fluorescence in situ hybridization in schistosome biology].
abstract: Schistosomiasis is one of the most serious parasitic diseases. Schistosome genes research provides the basis for study of schistosomiasis diagnosis, vaccine and drug targets. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in schistosome focuses on researches of location of functional genes on chromosomes, genome physical mapping and chromosome identification. This article reviews the application of FISH in schistosome biology and its potential development.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Jin
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045584:Chromosome Positioning; D016678:Genome; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000235:genetics*