Suswillo R R, Denham D A, McGreevy P B, Nelson G S
Parasitology. 1978 Oct;77(2):153-60. doi: 10.1017/s0031182000049350.
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.
将马来布鲁线虫、彭亨布鲁线虫和帕氏布鲁线虫的未交配雌虫与其他物种的雄虫交配，以确定它们是否会杂交。除了一个杂交组合（彭亨布鲁线虫雄虫与马来布鲁线虫雌虫的杂交）外，所有杂交组合均产生了微丝蚴。在蚊子体内产生的杂交感染性幼虫经腹腔接种到沙鼠体内后发育为成虫，但这些成虫无法产生微丝蚴，因为杂交雄虫不能产生精子。杂交雌虫具有生育能力，与亲本物种的雄虫杂交时能产生微丝蚴。
