Laboratory Studies on Forest and Savannah Populations of Bulinus (Physopsis) Globosus in Ghana

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1972-11

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University of Ghana

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Studies on laboratory colonies of Bulinus globosus from forest, savannah and transition zones have been carried out. The morphology, growth and reproduction of such snails have been oompared. Crosses between single snails from the three zones have been carried out and the effect of overcrowding on growth and reproduction has been investigated. Certain aspects of their behaviour such as mating, pattern of oviposition, feeding and distribution in a culture dish have been described. The effect of temperature on the snails' oviposition has a1so been studied. Finally, the problem of desiccation has been looked at end the esterase fractions of' the snails have been compared.. \

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Bulinus (Physopsis), Globosus, Ghana

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