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Parasites and Their World Records in Their Fight for Survival

Parasites are animals that enter plants, animals and humans – but are not welcome. Therefore they had to develop strategies for invasion and survival – outside and inside of hosts. For this purpose they developed amazing, often unbelievable skills during evolution. Thirteen of them are presented in...

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Autor principal: Mehlhorn, Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122200/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21396-0_3
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Sumario:Parasites are animals that enter plants, animals and humans – but are not welcome. Therefore they had to develop strategies for invasion and survival – outside and inside of hosts. For this purpose they developed amazing, often unbelievable skills during evolution. Thirteen of them are presented in this chapter showing that they are fit for the future thus threatening mankind, if there are no precautions in the future.