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Risk taking of educated nematodes
Nematode parasites rely on successful host infection to perpetuate their species. Infection by individual nematode parasites can be risky, however; any one individual could be killed by the host’s immune response. Here we use a model system to show that environmental cues and parasite past experienc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30359415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205804 |
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author | Willett, Denis S. Alborn, Hans T. Stelinski, Lukasz L. Shapiro-Ilan, David I. |
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description | Nematode parasites rely on successful host infection to perpetuate their species. Infection by individual nematode parasites can be risky, however; any one individual could be killed by the host’s immune response. Here we use a model system to show that environmental cues and parasite past experience can be used by entomopathogenic nematodes to reduce individual risk of infection. Past parasite experience can more than double the infective virulence (number of host invaders) of a given cohort of entomopathogenic nematode parasites. This plasticity in individual parasite risk-taking and associated infection can be used to manage infection of parasitic nematodes: enhancing biological control with entomopathogenic nematodes and developing behavioral and chemical strategies to reduce infection by vertebrate and plant parasitic nematodes. |
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spelling | pubmed-62018882018-11-19 Risk taking of educated nematodes Willett, Denis S. Alborn, Hans T. Stelinski, Lukasz L. Shapiro-Ilan, David I. PLoS One Research Article Nematode parasites rely on successful host infection to perpetuate their species. Infection by individual nematode parasites can be risky, however; any one individual could be killed by the host’s immune response. Here we use a model system to show that environmental cues and parasite past experience can be used by entomopathogenic nematodes to reduce individual risk of infection. Past parasite experience can more than double the infective virulence (number of host invaders) of a given cohort of entomopathogenic nematode parasites. This plasticity in individual parasite risk-taking and associated infection can be used to manage infection of parasitic nematodes: enhancing biological control with entomopathogenic nematodes and developing behavioral and chemical strategies to reduce infection by vertebrate and plant parasitic nematodes. Public Library of Science 2018-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6201888/ /pubmed/30359415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205804 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Willett, Denis S. Alborn, Hans T. Stelinski, Lukasz L. Shapiro-Ilan, David I. Risk taking of educated nematodes |
title | Risk taking of educated nematodes |
title_full | Risk taking of educated nematodes |
title_fullStr | Risk taking of educated nematodes |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk taking of educated nematodes |
title_short | Risk taking of educated nematodes |
title_sort | risk taking of educated nematodes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30359415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205804 |
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