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Caenorhabditis elegans Movies - http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/goldstein/lab/movies.html
Links to films showing the growth and development of C. elegans from researchers worldwide, housed in the laboratory of Bob Goldstein at UNC-Chapel Hill. |
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Society of Nematologists - http://www.nematologists.org/
An international organization formed to advance the science of Nematology. |
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Anisakiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Anisakiasis.htm
Information on the nematodes, Anisakis simplex and Pseudoterranova decipiens, which can infect humans who eat raw fish, with diagrams and information on their life cycle. |
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Dracunculiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Dracunculiasis.htm
Information on the nematode Dracunculus medinensis which can infect humans and cause guinea worm disease, with a diagram and information on its life cycle. |
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Strongyloidiasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Strongyloidiasis.htm
Information on the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis which can infect humans, and a diagram and information on its complex life cycle. |
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Mactode Publications - http://www.mactode.com/
Offers educational resources on CD-ROM about nematodes, plant-parasitic insects, and disease-causing fungi. |
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Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes - http://nematode.unl.edu/
A mass of information on nematodes, their study, surveys, agricultural issues, identification and systematics. |
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Max Planck Institue for Biotechnology - http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/departments/4-evolutionary-biology/adrian-streit/nematode-development
The Streit Lab studies spatiotemporal control of homeotic genes in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. |
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Heartworm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartworm
Information from Wikipedia on this parasitic nematode, Dirofilaria immitis, which is spread by mosquitoes. |
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Parasitic Nematodes Home Page - http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/plntpath/nematode/wormhome.htm
This is the home page of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nematology Department, and is concerned with plant and insect parasitic nematodes. |
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Nematode Species List - http://nematode.unl.edu/masterlist.htm
Nematodes listed alphabetically by genera. |
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Hookworm - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Hookworm.htm
Information on the nematodes Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus which can invade and parasatize humans, and a diagram and information on their life cycle. |
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Entomopathogenic nematode - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_nematode
Information from Wikipedia on these roundworms that are lethal insect parasitoids, and some of which are used in the biological control of insect populations. |
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Soil Inhabiting Nematodes - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/nematode/soil_nematode.htm
Introduction to soil nematodes, their classification, feeding habits, place in the community and function in the decomposition process, with an anatomical diagram of a typical plant parasitic species. |
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Phylum Nematoda - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/nematoda.html
Bilaterally symmetrical, worm-like organisms. |
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Trypanosomiasis, American - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/TrypanosomiasisAmerican.htm
Information on Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas disease which is transmitted by blood-sucking triatomine bugs, with diagrams and information on the life cycle of the parasite. |
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Longevity and Ageing in Parasitic and Free-living Nematodes - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucbtdag/Gems_2000.pdf
Paper by David Gems examining the great variability in ageing patterns observed in different nematode species. |
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Dirofilaria immitis - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2007/eddy_greg
Greg Eddy provides information on the Dog Heartworm, its classification, adaptation, habitat, nutrition, reproduction and interaction with its host. |
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Dynamic Development - http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/virtualembryo/worms.html
Embryonic development is described with links to illustrated movies. |
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Phylum Nematoda - http://orion1.paisley.ac.uk/courses/Tatner/biomedia/units/mino8.htm
An introduction to the roundworms, from the Biological Sciences course at the University of Paisley. |
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Hammerschmidtiella diesingi - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct05/wdparasite5.html
Photographic study by Walter Dioni on this and other nematodes found living in a cockroach with many detailed images. |
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Ditylenchus destructor - http://www.agroatlas.spb.ru/pests/Ditylenchus_destructor_en.htm
Illustration and description of the Potato Rot Nematode, its biology, distribution within the former USSR, ecology and economic significance. |
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Cephalobus: Roundworm - http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/cephalobus.html
Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, behavior and anatomy of this soil-dwelling nematode. |
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Dirofilaria immitis - http://www.nematodes.org/fgn/pnb/diro.html
Information on the biology and pathology of the dog heartworm. |
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Binema - http://binema.mnhn.fr/
Biodiversity and Immunology of Nematodes. The Binema team is part of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, France. Its research focuses on nematode parasites of vertebrates. |
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Angiostrongyliasis - http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Angiostrongyliasis.htm
Information on the nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which can cause meningitis, and diagrams and information on its life cycle. |
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Migratory Nematodes - http://www.bayercropscience.co.uk/pdfs/NematodesGuide.pdf
Information on the plant parasitic nematodes that can move through the soil between feeding bouts and how to manage them. |
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Nematode Examples - http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/general_parasitology/parasitology_nematode_examples.html
Information on roundworms that infect humans, Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichinella spiralis, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, their morphology, life cycle and the pathology of the infections caused. |
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Nematodes: Basic Lifecycle - http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/general_parasitology/parasitology_nematode_lifecycle.html
University of Cambridge Schistosomiasis Research Group provides information on the common features of this large and diverse group. |
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Helminth Taxonomy: Phylum Nematoda - http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/helminth_taxonomy/taxonomy_nematoda.html
The Schistosomiasis Research Group at Cambridge University provides information on the classification and taxonomy of nematodes, their lifecycles and some important parasitic groups. |