Hybridisation between the two major African schistosome species of humans

T. Huyse; F. Van den Broeck; B. Hellemans; F.A. Volckaert; K. Polman

doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.001

Hybridisation between the two major African schistosome species of humans

T. Huyse, F. Van den Broeck, B. Hellemans, F.A. Volckaert, K. Polman

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Abstract

It is generally accepted that Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium, causing intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis, respectively, are not able to hybridise, due to the high phylogenetic distance between them. Cloning of nuclear internal transcribed spacer rDNA and partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 fragments revealed two internal transcribed spacer rDNA genotypes within single eggs and miracidia, one identical to S. mansoni and the other identical to S. haematobium, suggesting hybrid ancestry. The cytochrome c oxidase 1 clones always belonged to only one of the parental species. This demonstrates that offspring of heterologous pairing between these two species is not (always) parthenogenetic.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal for Parasitology
Volume	43
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	687-689
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0020-7519
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.001
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Helminthic diseases
Schistosomiasis
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematobium
Phylogeny
Strains
Hybridization
rDNA
Internal transcribed spacer 1
Internal transcribed spacer 2
Miracidia
Clones
Senegal
Africa-West

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Hybridisation between the two major African schistosome species of humans

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