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Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea): an ideal fish-metazoan parasite model?

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Abstract

Since its use as a model to study metazoan parasite culture and in vitro development, the plerocercoid of the tapeworm, Ligula intestinalis, has served as a useful scientific tool to study a range of biological factors, particularly within its fish intermediate host. From the extensive long-term ecological studies on the interactions between the parasite and cyprinid hosts, to the recent advances made using molecular technology on parasite diversity and speciation, studies on the parasite have, over the last 60 years, led to significant advances in knowledge on host-parasite interactions. The parasite has served as a useful model to study pollution, immunology and parasite ecology and genetics, as well has being the archetypal endocrine disruptor.

Acceptance Date Jan 7, 2010
Publication Date Mar 1, 2010
Journal Parasitology
Print ISSN 0031-1820
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 425 - 438
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182010000107
Keywords L. intestinalis, endocrine disruption, pollution, immunology, parasite ecology, parasite speciation

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