Paragonimus westermani is a 12mm lung fluke in humans. Humans acquire infection by ingestion of uncooked or undercooked crustaceans such as crayfish or crabs containing the parasite. Within lungs, the parasite encapsulates and initiations an inflammatory response and sometimes edema. What should be the effect of the parasite on total lung capacity?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
Paragonimus westermani is a 12mm lung fluke in humans. Humans acquire infection by ingestion of uncooked or undercooked crustaceans such as crayfish or crabs containing the
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