The occurrence and significance of triploidy in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica

Fletcher, HL; Hoey, EM; Orr, N; Trudgett, A; Fairweather, I; Robinson, MW

The occurrence and significance of triploidy in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica

Fletcher, HL Hoey, EM Orr, N Trudgett, A Fairweather, I Robinson, MW

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Parasitology, 2004, 128 (1), pp. 69 - 72
Issue Date:: 2004-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Fletcher, HL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hoey, EM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Orr, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Trudgett, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fairweather, I	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Robinson, MW https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7191-0034	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Parasitology, 2004, 128 (1), pp. 69 - 72	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0031-1820	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/8867
dc.description.abstract	Karyotyping of Fasciola hepatica samples from Britain and Ireland has identified a triploid isolate which is effectively aspermic, rendering it necessarily asexually reproducing. Considering the extensive presence of asexually reproducing diploid and triploid Fasciola in Asia it is suggested that facultative gynogenesis is widespread in this parasite. This has important implications for the population genetics and evolution of Fasciola, especially in relation to the development and spread of drug resistance, and must be considered in the mathematical modelling of this process.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Parasitology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S003118200300427X	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Mycology & Parasitology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Fasciola hepatica	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Karyotyping	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Spermatogenesis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Polyploidy	en_US
dc.title	The occurrence and significance of triploidy in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	128	en_US
utslib.for	0707 Veterinary Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	0605 Microbiology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	128	en_US

Abstract:

Karyotyping of Fasciola hepatica samples from Britain and Ireland has identified a triploid isolate which is effectively aspermic, rendering it necessarily asexually reproducing. Considering the extensive presence of asexually reproducing diploid and triploid Fasciola in Asia it is suggested that facultative gynogenesis is widespread in this parasite. This has important implications for the population genetics and evolution of Fasciola, especially in relation to the development and spread of drug resistance, and must be considered in the mathematical modelling of this process.

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