Quantitative ethology of schistosome miracidia characterizes a conserved snail peptide that inhibits host recognition

• Rachel V. Horejsi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel V. Horejsi, Chase N. Nelson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2547-7112

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• Chase N. Nelson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachel V. Horejsi, Chase N. Nelson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0282-554X

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• Avery De Ruyter,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9938-8559

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• Helen M. Gensch,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4630-600X

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• Saige Maasz-Seawright,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2720-5702

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• Carly Weber,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8935-3350

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• Sophie Willett,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6979-1334

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• Sonja A. Olson,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3666-1348

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• Nicolas J. Wheeler

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wheelenj@uwec.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5909-4190

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