D. W. T. Crompton

An Ecological Approach to Acanthocephalan Physiology

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Produktbeschreibung

The author emphasises the necessity of culturing acanthocephalans in vitro.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 182g
• ISBN-13: 9780521104708
• ISBN-10: 052110470X
• Artikelnr.: 26151931

Inhaltsangabe

1. General Introduction
2. The environment of adult acanthocephalans in their final hosts
3. Feeding of adult worms
4. The influence of the environment on the growth and metabolism of adult worms
5. Reproduction
6. The egg and the infection of the intermediate host
7. The arthropod haemocoele and the development of acanthocephala
8. Host-parasite reactions during the development of acanthocephala
9. The cystacanth stage and the infection of the final host
Conclusion
References
Index.