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Evolutionary history of the Tricladida and the Platyhelminthes: an up-to-date phylogenetic and systematic account [PDF]
, 2012 Within the free-living platyhelminths, the triclads, or planarians, are the best-known group, largely as a result of long-standing and intensive research on regeneration, pattern formation and Hox gene expression.
Lázaro, Eva +4 more
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Cestode strobilation: prediction of developmental genes and pathways
BMC Genomics, 2020 Background Cestoda is a class of endoparasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes). During the course of their evolution cestodes have evolved some interesting aspects, such as their increased reproductive capacity.
Gabriela Prado Paludo +7 more
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Myxosporean hyperparasites of gill monogeneans are basal to the Multivalvulida [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Myxosporeans are known from aquatic annelids but parasitism of platyhelminths by myxosporeans has not been widely reported. Hyperparasitism of gill monogeneans by Myxidium giardi has been reported from the European eel and Myxidium-like ...
Freeman, Mark, Shinn, Andrew
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Thioredoxin and glutathione systems differ in parasitic and free-living platyhelminths
BMC Genomics, 2010 Background The thioredoxin and/or glutathione pathways occur in all organisms. They provide electrons for deoxyribonucleotide synthesis, function as antioxidant defenses, in detoxification, Fe/S biogenesis and participate in a variety of cellular ...
Salinas Gustavo +5 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020 Metachirus myosuros is a marsupial species widely distributed in South America. Despite this, there is a lack of knowledge about its helminth parasites and helminth community structure.
Bruna Silva Cirino +3 more
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Primeiro estudo parasitológico em rã com garras Africano (Xenopus laevis, Anfibia) no Chile [PDF]
, 2017 Introduced species can arrive into new territories with parasites; however, these species are expected to face lower parasite richness than in their original regions. Both introduced hosts and parasites can affect native fauna.
Castillo, Cristóbal +5 more
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Evolutionary Adaptations of Parasitic Flatworms to Different Oxygen Tensions
Antioxidants, 2022 During the evolution of the Earth, the increase in the atmospheric concentration of oxygen gave rise to the development of organisms with aerobic metabolism, which utilized this molecule as the ultimate electron acceptor, whereas other organisms ...
José de Jesús Martínez-González +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The Nicaraguan lakes represent an ideal continent-island-like setting to study the colonization patterns of both fish and their parasites. The dominant fish fauna are cichlids, particularly the Midas cichlid species complex Amphilophus spp., a well ...
Ana Santacruz +2 more
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Ciência Rural, 2007 O objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar a presença de Temnocephala sp. em tartaruga de água doce (Hydromedusa tectifera) na região central do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
João Fábio Soares +4 more
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Protein Translation Enzyme lysyl-tRNA Synthetase Presents a New Target for Drug Development against Causative Agents of Loiasis and Schistosomiasis. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Helminth parasites are an assemblage of two major phyla of nematodes (also known as roundworms) and platyhelminths (also called flatworms). These parasites are a major human health burden, and infections caused by helminths are considered under neglected
Arvind Sharma +3 more
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