Parasites are designed by evolution to invade the host and survive in its organism until they
are ready to reproduce. Parasites release a variety of molecules that help them to penetrate …

Prior to fertilization, oocytes undergo meiotic maturation (cell cycle progression) and
ovulation (expulsion from the ovary). To begin the study of these processes …

The use of rhizobacteria to control plant parasitic nematodes has been widely studied.
Currently, the research focuses on bacteria-nematode interactions that can mitigate this …

Schistosomiasis is one of the major parasitic diseases which afflict mankind, domestic stock
and other mammalian species in the tropics and sub-tropics. Hence, the subject has …

The reported inactivation of Ascaris eggs during alkaline sludge stabilization is highly
variable. The objective of our research was to better understand the sources of this …

General Editor: Peter Calow, Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, England The
main aim of this series will be to illustrate and to explain the way organisms' make a living'in …

emo-1 (oz1) is a member of a class of hermaphrodite sterile mutations in Caenorhabditis
elegans that produce endomitotic oocytes in the gonad arm. Oocytes in emo-1 (oz1) mutants …

Uncharged ammonia is known to cause inactivation of a number of wastewater pathogens,
but its effect on Ascaris eggs has never been isolated or quantified. The objectives of this …

It has long been appreciated that spermiogenesis, the cellular transformation of sessile
spermatids into motile spermatozoa, occurs in the absence of new DNA transcription …

Intestinal parasites are a concern in veterinary medicine worldwide and for human health in
the developing world. Infections are identified by microscopic visualisation of parasite eggs …