Host fecundity reduction is a life-history trait that is commonly exhibited in parasitic
associations. It is particularly prevalent in female invertebrate hosts that invest heavily in egg …

Digenetic trematodes, including several species of medical and veterinary significance,
nearly all depend on molluscs (usually gastropods) as hosts for asexual reproduction. The …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the host–parasite interactions that provide new
insights into the biochemistry, physiology, ethology, and ecology of the respective partners …

The effect of larval trematodes on growth, fecundity, egestion and locomotor activity in
naturally infected Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant) was studied in the laboratory. Infected snails …

Hermaphrodite freshwater snails offer the opportunity to study the evolution of selling and
outcrossing. Laboratory stuthes using genetic markers have shown that selling is possible in …

A 70-mer-oligonucleotide-based microarray (1152 features) that emphasizes stress and
immune responses factors was constructed to study transcriptomic responses of the snail …

Successful colonization of a compatible snail host by a digenetic trematode miracidium
initiates a complex, proliferative development program requiring weeks to reach culmination …

Parasitic castration in the snail-trematode relationship can be understood as any change in
the reproductive function of the snail that is due to interference by the develo** larvae …

Background Schistosomiasis is the second-most widespread tropical parasitic disease after
malaria. Various research strategies and treatment programs for achieving the objective of …

The in vitro production of the reactive oxygen metabolite superoxide (O 2-) was confirmed in
hemocytes from the schistosome intermediate host Biomphalaria glabrata. Active forms of …