Wannaporn IttiprasertChristopher RoweCarolyn PattersonAndré MillerNithya RaghavanSusan BandoniFred LewisMatty KnightMahidol UniversityBiomedical Research Institute, RockvilleState University of New York Geneseo2018-07-242018-07-242003-12-01Malacologia. Vol.45, No.1 (2003), 101-108007629972-s2.0-5344263754https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20606Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR analysis was used to assess the extent of genetic diversity within two laboratory-maintained Schistosoma mansoni-resistant stocks of Biomphalaria glabrata (10-R2 and BS-90). Both stocks routinely serve as parents in crosses with susceptible snails for studying the genetics of parasite resistance in the snail host. Genomic DNA was isolated from individual adult 10-R2 and BS-90 snails. From RAPD-PCR conducted with 16 anonymous primers, no polymorphisms were detected within the BS-90 stock, whereas 13 primers revealed considerable intrastrain variations showing different sized bands among the 10-R2 snails. The polymorphisms in the 10-R2 stock allowed us to identify three distinct groups (Types 1, 2 and 3) within these snails. Random screening of individual 10-R2 snails revealed that, of the three distinct types, Types 1 and 2 snails were found at similar frequencies (approximately 45%), whereas 10% fell into the third group (Type 3). The identification of genetic variants within the 10-R2 stock demonstrates the need for careful assessment of the existence of diverse forms in this stock prior to conducting genetic crosses with these snails.Mahidol UniversityAgricultural and Biological SciencesArticleSCOPUS