Meiotic chromosomes and sex determination mechanism in Thailand and Hawaii isolates of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae)

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the nematode lungworm of rats, has a XX/X0 sex-determination mechanism. The chromosome constitution consists of 10 autosomes, with 2n = 12, XX in the female and 2n = 11, X0 in the male. Meiosis-I shows five bivalents and one univalent for the male worm, and six bivalents...

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Main Authors: Eamsobhana, Praphathip, Yoolek, A., Yong, Hoi Sen
Format: Article
Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/13391/
http://www.msptm.org/files/346_-_351_P_Eamsobhana.pdf
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Institution: Universiti Malaya
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