Sex-Biased Transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni: Host-Parasite Interaction, Genetic Determinants and Epigenetic Regulators Are Associated with Sexual Differentiation

Among more than 20,000 species of hermaphroditic trematodes, Schistosomatidae are unusual since they have evolved gonochorism. In schistosomes, sex is determined by a female heterogametic system, but phenotypic sexual dimorphism appears only after infection of the vertebrate definitive host. The com...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-09, Vol.10 (9), p.e0004930-e0004930
Hauptverfasser: Picard, Marion A L, Boissier, Jérôme, Roquis, David, Grunau, Christoph, Allienne, Jean-François, Duval, David, Toulza, Eve, Arancibia, Nathalie, Caffrey, Conor R, Long, Thavy, Nidelet, Sabine, Rohmer, Marine, Cosseau, Céline
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