Castration of female ninespine stickleback by the pseudophyllidean cestode schistocephalus pungitii: Evolutionary significance and underlying mechanism

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 206-208

  Heins, David C ^a   Baker, John A ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTRATION; ENERGY BUDGET; FLATWORM; INFECTIVITY; INHIBITION; PARASITISM; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDATION; SCHISTOCEPHALUS PUNGITII; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

AIROLO LAKE; ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CESTODA; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 77950375756     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2162.1     Document Type: Article

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