Life cycle abbreviation in the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: Can parasites adjust to variable conditions?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1189-1195

  Lagrue, Clément ^a   Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abbreviated life cycle; Alternative strategies; Coitocaecum parvum; Phenotypic plasticity; Progenesis; Trematode

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CUES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

COITOCAECUM PARVUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 34247468789     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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