Schistosome male-female interaction: induction of germ-cell differentiation

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作者
Kunz, W [1 ]
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[1] Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Genet, Genet Parasitol Grp, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01893-1
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
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Male and female schistosomes are permanently paired while they live in the bloodstream of their vertebrate hosts. Female schistosomes produce eggs only when they are in intimate association with a male. Here, I combine classical cytological knowledge about the cellular processes in the female that are affected by the male with recent molecular results that are beginning to allow speculation about the signalling events involved.
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