An Ecological Approach to Acanthocephalan Physiology: 17 (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, Series Number 17) - Softcover

Crompton, D

 
9780521104708: An Ecological Approach to Acanthocephalan Physiology: 17 (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, Series Number 17)
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ISBN 10: 052110470X ISBN 13: 9780521104708
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Acanthocephalan worms are parasitic throughout their life cycles and the environments they experience are to be found in the bodies of vertebrates, in which they achieve sexual maturity and in the tissues of arthropods, in which they develop. This monograph, first published in 1970, aims to relate present knowledge of acanthocephalan physiology to the physical and biotic factors occurring in the environments occupied at different stages of the life cycle. This theme is illustrated by considering feeding, metabolism and reproduction of adult worms, certain aspects of the physiology of the eggs and developmental stages and the processes of infection of the hosts. The author emphasises the necessity of culturing acanthocephalans in vitro if their biology is to be understood in detail.

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This monograph, first published in 1970, aims to relate present knowledge of acanthocephalan physiology to the physical and biotic factors occurring in the environments occupied at different stages of the life cycle.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052110470X
ISBN 13 
9780521104708
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
136

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