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The production and functional morphology of helminth egg-shells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D.A. Wharton
D.A. Wharton
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Department of Zoology, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY 23 3DA
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Summary

The high energy costs of egg-shell production in many helminths suggests that this structure plays an important role in their biology. The mechanical and chemical resistance of the egg-shell and the barrier it provides to the entry and loss of material are important in the survival of the free-living stages within the egg. The presence of egg filaments may increase the availability of infective stages and the operculum may be important in the infective process.

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Parasitology , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , April 1983, pp. 85 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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