Researchers have revealed that praying mantis (mantids) infected with parasitic hairworms are attracted to horizontally polarized light that is strongly reflected off the surface of water, which ...
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Scientists Discover How The Hairworm Parasite Gets Its Host To Jump Into Water So That It Can Reproduce
There are parasites that live in almost every type of animal ranging from humans down to bugs. Each parasite works differently, with evolution working to allow them to find ways to live off of its ...
Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. "I am originally an ecologist and had ...
The interaction between parasites and their hosts can be gruesome: They manipulate, invade and terrorize their unsuspecting hosts, often killing them in the process. From mind-controlling organisms to ...
A team led by Tappei Mishina at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered that parasites manipulate their hosts using stolen genes that they likely acquired through a ...
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