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Genetic basis of trematode parasite resistance in snails

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Jacob A Tennessen, Stephanie R Bollmann, Ekaterina Peremyslova, Brent A Kronmiller, Clint Sergi, Bulut Hamali, and Michael S Blouin. 2020. “Clusters of polymorphic transmembrane genes control resistance to schistosomes in snail vectors.” eLife, 9, Pp. e59395.

Euan RO Allan, Liping Yang, Jacob A Tennessen, and Michael S Blouin. 2019. “Allelic variation in a single genomic region alters the hemolymph proteome in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata.” Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 88, Pp. 301-307.

Euan RO Allan, Jacob A Tennessen, Thomas J Sharpton, and Michael S Blouin. 2018. “Allelic variation in a single genomic region alters the microbiome of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata.” Journal of Heredity, 109, Pp. 604–609.

Euan RO Allan, Jacob A Tennessen, Stephanie R Bollmann, Patrick C Hanington, Christopher J Bayne, and Michael S Blouin. 2017. “Schistosome infectivity in the snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, is partially dependent on the expression of Grctm6, a Guadeloupe Resistance Complex protein.” PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11, 2, Pp. e0005362.

Jacob A Tennessen, Stephanie R Bollmann, and Michael S Blouin. 2017. “A targeted capture linkage map anchors the genome of the schistosomiasis vector snail, Biomphalaria glabrata.” G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Pp. g3–117.

Coen M Adema, LaDeana W Hillier, Catherine S Jones, Eric S Loker, Matty Knight, Patrick Minx, Guilherme Oliveira, Nithya Raghavan, Andrew Shedlock, Laurence Rodrigues Do Amaral, and others. 2017. “Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail.” Nature Communications, 8, Pp. 15451.

Jacob A Tennessen, Kaitlin M Bonner, Stephanie R Bollmann, Joel A Johnstun, Jan-Ying Yeh, Melanie Marine, Hannah F Tavalire, Christopher J Bayne, and Michael S Blouin. 2015. “Genome-wide scan and test of candidate genes in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata reveal new locus influencing resistance to Schistosoma mansoni.” PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9, 9, Pp. e0004077.

Jacob A Tennessen, André Théron, Melanie Marine, Jan-Ying Yeh, Anne Rognon, and Michael S Blouin. 2015. “Hyperdiverse gene cluster in snail host conveys resistance to human schistosome parasites.” PLoS Genetics, 11, 3, Pp. e1005067.