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Hybridization between Brugia patei, B. pahangi and sub-periodic B. malayi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. R. Suswillo ,
D. A. Denham ,
P. B. McGreevy  and
G. S. Nelson
R. R. Suswillo
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
D. A. Denham
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
P. B. McGreevy
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
G. S. Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
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Summary

Virgin females of Brugia malayi, B. pahangi and B. patei were mated with males of species other than their own to determine whether they would hybridize. Microfilariae were produced in all but one cross (that between B. pahangi males and B. malayi females). Hybrid infective larvae, produced in mosquitoes and inoculated intraperitoneally into jirds, grew to adults but these were unable to produce microfilariae because hybrid males did not produce spermatozoa. Hybrid females were fertile and produced microfilariae when crossed with males of their parental species.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , October 1978 , pp. 153 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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