Isoenzyme studies in one Brazilian and two Venezuelan strains of Schistosoma mansoni. |
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| Authors: | M C Navarro I M Cesari R N Incani |
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| Affiliation: | Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela. |
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| Abstract: | 1. Enzyme polymorphism, analyzed by starch gel electrophoresis, was found to be zero for acid phosphatase, phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglucose isomerase, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and malic enzyme, in one Brazilian and two Venezuelan strains of Schistosoma mansoni. 2. All loci studied were monomorphic within strains, but the isoenzymic patterns were, however, different among the strains. 3. Results suggest a drastic loss of the genetic variability usually found in natural populations. |
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