Review Article
Transfection of Platyhelminthes
Table 1
Main characteristics of the groups where genetic transfection has been achieve
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| Group | Biologic interactions | Adult body | Life cycle | Example of genus
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| Tricladida
| Mostly free-living | Nonsegmented | Simple | Dugesia, Schmidtea | Trematoda
| Endoparasites of invertebrates and vertebrates | Nonsegmented | Complex | Fasciola, Schistosoma | Cestoda
| Endoparasites of vertebrates | Segmented | Complex | Taenia, Echinococcus |
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