| Generally, host seeking by miracidia includes a complicated behavioral process that is initiated through a combination of light and gravity stimuli. |
| Neither SjIR-1 nor SjIR-2 was expressed in measurable levels in sporocysts or miracidia. |
| We found that increasing the number of hosts sampled, rather than the number of miracidia per host, gives more robust estimates of genetic diversity. |
| The effect of infection on snail fecundity and fertility, growth rate and survival was studied during the 62 days following miracidia exposure. |
| It was not only possible to generate mother sporocysts from miracidia in vitro, but also to obtain adult worms from cercariae through in vitro cultivation. |
| Primary sporocysts were obtained after overnight axenic culture of miracidia as described. |
