Ribeiroia ondatrae
id:
ribeiroia-ondatrae-167-7743436
title:
Ribeiroia ondatrae
text:
Ribeiroia ondatrae, or the frog-mutating flatworm is a parasite in the genus Ribeiroia which is believed to be responsible for many of the recent increases in amphibian limb malformations, particularly missing, malformed, and additional hind legs. It was first reported from livers of Ondatra, hence its specific name. In recent studies, it was found that in areas infected with R. ondatrae, the population of amphibian limb malformations was much higher than populations in which this trematode was
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of fluke
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribeiroia_ondatrae
date created:
2008-05-14T06:05:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T10:01:14Z
main entity:
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