New records of invasive hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipaliinae) from Mexico using a citizen science platform, with an identification key to the species found in North America [PDF]
Check List, 2022 We present new records of the invasive hammerhead flatworms Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 and Bipalium vagum Jones & Sterrer, 2005 (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipaliinae) from several states in Mexico based on iNaturalist and two vouchered ...
Manuel de Luna +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 As coral aquaculture is increasing around the world for reef restoration and trade, mitigating the impact of coral predators, pathogens and parasites is necessary for optimal growth.
Jonathan A. Barton +12 more
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Characterization of Schistosome Sox Genes and Identification of a Flatworm Class of Sox Regulators
Pathogens, 2023 Schistosome helminths infect over 200 million people across 78 countries and are responsible for nearly 300,000 deaths annually. However, our understanding of basic genetic pathways crucial for schistosome development is limited.
Stephanie Wood +5 more
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Fossil constraints on the origin and evolution of Platyhelminthes are surprisingly concordant with modern molecular phylogenies [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba)Trace fossils preserved with fossil worm-shaped remains suggest the presence of free-living flatworms during the Ordovician at the latest and their occurrence in terrestrial environments during the Permian.
Kenneth De Baets +7 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2017 New morphological information, reconsiderations and the first combination of a generic name based on a previously established species are presented in the current revision of the family Pleioplanidae (Polycladida, Acotylea).
Jorge Rodríguez +5 more
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STAR Protocols, 2023 Summary: A substance that sexualizes planarians, an ancestral group of parasitic flatworms, is widely present in planarians and parasitic flatworms. Here, we present a protocol for extracting and purifying the active fraction with sex-inducing activity ...
Kiyono Sekii +6 more
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Transcriptional signatures of somatic neoblasts and germline cells in Macrostomum lignano
eLife, 2016 The regeneration-capable flatworm Macrostomum lignano is a powerful model organism to study the biology of stem cells in vivo. As a flatworm amenable to transgenesis, it complements the historically used planarian flatworm models, such as Schmidtea ...
Magda Grudniewska +9 more
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A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR STAINING OF PLATYHELMINTHS WITH THE LACTOPHNOL COTTON BLUE STAIN [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2013 This paper describes a simple technique for staining of flatworms using lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB). The staining was tested on 2 trematode species: Heterophyes heterophyes and Mesostephanus appendiculatus, and one cestode: Diplopylidium acanthotetra,
OSAMA EL-AZAZY, ADAWIA HENEDI
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Atp8 is in the ground pattern of flatworm mitochondrial genomes
BMC Genomics, 2017 Background To date, mitochondrial genomes of more than one hundred flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been sequenced. They show a high degree of similarity and a strong taxonomic bias towards parasitic lineages.
Bernhard Egger +2 more
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Variable host responses mediate host preference in marine flatworm-snail symbioses.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Host preference of symbionts evolves from fitness trade-offs. However, it is often unclear how interspecific variations in host response traits influence this evolutionary process.
Juhyung Lee +2 more
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