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Principal Investigator(s)
Anderson, Timothy
Funded by
National Institutes of Health
Infective larvae of Schistosoma mansoni are released from an aquatic snail host both the numbers of infective stages released and the timing of release vary between parasite genotypes. This grant utilizes linkage mapping to determine the genetic basis for variation in these two key transmission related traits.