Any suggestions as to how and why such a complex lifecycle evolved? Could
it have been a series of opportunistic terminal additions that got locked in
somehow?
Martin M. Meiss
2010/3/23 Lien Luong
> The trematode, Halipegus ovocaudatus, a parasite of amphibians has four
> obligatory hos
The trematode, Halipegus ovocaudatus, a parasite of amphibians has
four obligatory hosts (3 intermediate). Starting with the adult
parasites in frogs, then mollusk, copepod, and dragonfly larvae
before returning to the frog via predation (Kechemir N. 1978). In
general, 4-host life cycles are ve
What's an example of a parasite that has a large number of different
intermediate hosts in its life cycle? I thought I remembered hearing
about one that had about three intermediate hosts in the life cycle,
but a quick perusal of an old parasitology book hasn't turned that up.
David Inouye
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