#WormFactWednesday is arriving early this week and we're talking about Trichosomoides crassicauda and endoparasitic males!
Trichosomoides crassicauda, a parasite that lives in the urinary bladder of rats, especially Epimys norvegicus, has an unusual relationship between the sexes.
#WormFactWednesday this week is all about how epigenetics can impact inheritance and gene expression in nematodes!
The environment can alter gene expression from minor and reversible short-term changes to the DNA of the sperm and eggs.
#WormFactWednesday is all about two things we love - sleep & nematodes!
Most nematodes including Caenorhabditis elegans molt four times producing four juvenile stages before becoming an adult. Lethargus is a period of quiescence between the juvenile stages.
This week our #WormFactWednesday is dedicated to one of the Pioneers of Nematode Management, Amegda Jack Overman (1920 - 2011).
"An outstanding agriculturist, she developed fumigation practices that allowed the reuse of old land for growing vegetables and ornamentals.
The 1st #WormFactWednesday of February is all about the synergistic interactions of nematodes and fungus!
Nematode-fungus disease interactions have been known since the descriptions of the genus Meloidogyne by Emilio Goeldi and M. arenaria by Atkinson, both in 1892.
#WormFactWednesday is coming in hot this week with a fact about the metabolic sinks root-knot nematodes create with their feeding sites!
"The giant cells of root-knot nematodes are hypermetabolic feeding sites that are located in the middle of the vascular cylinder within the roots.
This #WormFactWednesday is all about nematode defense through autonomy with card #33!
"Worm-stars, produced from numerous juvenile worms stuck together at their tails by Microbacterium nematophilum, can escape by splitting in half (autonomy).
#WormFactWednesday is here again with Card #37 discussing the sensory perception capabilities of C. elegans!
Earless nematodes hear sounds through their skin. In addition to hearing, nematodes can also taste, tough, smell, perceive light, and sense their body posture (prioception).
#WormFactWednesday is here to present you with card #30 - Mutant Phenotype Biology of Caenorhabditis elegans !!
#WormFactWednesday is back for round 2!
This week, we have card #46 with info about Pin Nematodes (Paratylenchus spp.)
The short (44 um) slender body is ventrally arcuate and the tail narrows slightly posterior to the vulva. Pin nematodes are the smallest plant-parasitic nematodes and
Our very first ever #WormFactWednesday has arrived!!!
Every week, I will be randomly selecting a card from the Cobb Bowl Deck of Nematode Facts cards and will be highlighting it as the fact of the week!
This week, we have card #14 about Dr. Wilhelmus M. Wouts:
