Pica-Mattoccia L, Dias L C, Cioli D
Institute of Cell Biology, Rome, Italy.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1992;87 Suppl 4:211-4. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761992000800032.
The objective of this study is to determine whether various hycanthone resistant strains of schistosomes which have been independently isolated are all affected in the same gene. A strain obtained from a Brazilian patient was compared with a strain of Puerto Rican origin selected in the laboratory. If the mutation conferring resistance involved two different genes, one would expect that progeny of a cross between the two strains would show complementation, i.e. it would be sensitive to the drug. We have performed such a cross and obtained F1 hybrid worms which were essentially all resistant, thus suggesting that the mutation conferring resistance in the two strains involves the same gene.
