Genetic selection for tolerance to niclosamide and copper in Biomphalara glabrata (Mollusca: Pulmonata).

Abstract

Successive generations of the PR-79 and M-line laboratory stocks of Biomphalaria glabrata were exposed in the LC90 of niclosamide or copper sulfate. Survivors from each generation produced the succeeding generation by self fertilization. The PR-79 stock showed no evidence of tolerance to either molluscicide following five generations of selection. On the other hand, M-line F5 snails demonstrated approximately two-fold higher tolerance to both molluscicides than did non-selected M-line snails.