Reproduction in Strongyloides (Nematoda): A life between sex and parthenogenesis

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-294

  Streit, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intestinal nematodes; Reproduction; Sex determination; Strongyloides

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENOMICS; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; STRONGYLOIDES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); STRONGYLOIDES;

NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39749193847     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200700399X     Document Type: Review

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