Eurytrema coelomaticum: influence of the infection on the reproduction and nucleic acids contents in the albumen gland and ovotestis of Bradybaena similaris
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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90(5): 635-8, set.-oct. 1995. tab
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ABSTRACT
The number of eggs laid per snail in Bradybaena similaris and the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) in the albumen gland and ovotestis were quantified in snails infected with sporocysts of the digenetic trematode Eurytrema coelomaticum. The total number of eggs laid per mollusc was reduced by 96.32 por cento at the end of the larval development. The DNA concentration increased by 700 por cento and the RNA concentration was reduced by 8,38 por cento by the time when the daughter sporocysts of E. coelomaticum were released from B. similaris. The relation between these values and the inhibition of the reproduction observed in infected molluscs is discussed.
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Main subject:
Snails
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Trematoda
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DNA
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Ovalbumin
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Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
1995
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Article
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