Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 37 Issue 1
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- Pages.5-11
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- 1999
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Karyotypes on three species of Chinese mesogastropod snails, Semisulcospira libertina, S. dolichostoma and Viviparus rivularis
- Park, Gab-Man (Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
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Kim, Jae-Jin
(Department of Biology, Paichai University)
;
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Chung, Pyung-Rim
(Department of Parasitology, Inha University College of Medicine)
;
- Wang, Yong (Department of Parasitology, Anhui Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases) ;
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Min, Duk Young
(Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1999.03.01
Abstract
Three species of the families Viviparidae and Pleuroceridae, the first intermediate host of paragonimiasis, metagonimiasis and echinostomiasis were studied cytologically. The observed diploid chromosome number was as follows: Semisulcospira libertina 36, S. dolichostoma 34, and Viviparus rivularis 64. The mitotic chromosome complement of S. libertina has nine metacentric pairs and nine submetacentric pairs, and S. dolichostoma has three metacentric pairs and 14 submetacentric pairs of chromosomes. Viviparus rivularis showed two metacentric pairs and 30 submetacentric pairs of chromosomes.