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Polystoma gallieni: experimental evidence for chemical cues for developmental plasticity.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Feb 2009
Badets Mathieu, Boissier Jérôme, Brémond Philippe, Verneau Olivier
Abstract excerpt
Among monogeneans that display direct life cycles, plastic developmental strategies may have been selected to counter the lack of transmission opportunities. Within amphibian polystomatids, some species of the genus Polystoma develop into two different phenotypes depending on the host physiological stage to which free swimming larvae attach. When oncomiracidia infest old tadpoles, they develop slowly and migrate...
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