Risk taking of educated nematodes.

Nematode parasites rely on successful host infection to perpetuate their species. Infection by individual nematode parasites can be risky, however; any one individual could be killed by the host's immune response. Here we use a model system to show that environmental cues and parasite past expe...

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Main Authors: Denis S Willett, Hans T Alborn, Lukasz L Stelinski, David I Shapiro-Ilan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6201888?pdf=render