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Nematode

nematode

infection by the nematode ascaris lumbricoides and is characterised by an early pulmonary phase related to larval migration and a later, prolonged intestinal phase. Adult worms are 15-40 cm in length and maintain themselves in the lumen of the small intestine. Infection occurs after ingesting eggs contained in contaminated food or more commonly, by transmission to the mouth by the hands after contact with contaminated soil. Treatment is with mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate.


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Cryonic freezing

... you can actually freeze to -200 or so Celsius (which would be required for any proper cryopreservation), but I'd guess something on a scale of a nematode is already almost as big as you can get with today's technology.

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by biohazard
Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:21 pm
 
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... :) You're not the only one to mention that! Ironically though, it fits into what I am here saying. From what I learned studying the C.elegans nematode the origin of sex seems to be based on the birth of an occasional male-only in an easily fertilized population who adds extra excitement to ...

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by GaryGaulin
Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:39 pm
 
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Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Talk about INSECTZ or get outta here:)

... short time.) A lot of things are determined by females being bigger and/or living longer than males. I remember in an intro class learning about a Nematode of grasshoppers that laid eggs on grass blades. If the grasshopper ate less than 10 eggs all would become females, more than 10 eggs they would ...

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by February Beetle
Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:33 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
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Histology Help

... From your class description, it's human tissue, right-? And is it safe to assume it's not some sort of pathology? (It actually looks like a nematode lamina, but it wouldn't be that...) Some observations - - Looks like one of the basic blue stains, which should stain nuclei but are otherwise ...

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by Darby
Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:37 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Histology Help
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Worms

among the Roundworms (nematodos) there is is a lot of harmful ones, but not all Nematode of couse...

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by Locus
Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:51 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Worms
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