In a finding that bodes well for the development of new human antibiotics, Harvard researchers have determined the identity of the trigger that causes roundworm bacteria to excrete virulent substances ...

Scientists in Scotland have developed an estimated breeding value (EBV) for resistance to roundworms in Lleyn sheep. Gastro-intestinal nematodes cost the UK sheep industry more than £85m/year in ...

All multicellular organisms that reproduce sexually rely on eggs to support early life. Researchers used the tiny roundworm C. elegans as a model to better understand how eggs enable embryonic ...

Transforming a fertilized egg into a fully functional adult is a complicated task. Cells must divide, move, and mature at specific times. Developmental genes control that process, turning on and off ...

Biologists have shown that gonad development varies in other nematodes relative to C. elegans. Specifically, they focused on Steinernema carpocapsae, a nematode used in insect biocontrol applications ...

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Four days ago we rescued a 6-month-old puppy from a shelter in the southeast of the United States. My vet says that she has roundworm and warned me that my kids (ages 3-8 years) could get visceral ...

URBANA, Ill. - Nematodes may be among the simplest animals, but scientists can't get enough of the microscopic roundworms. They have mapped the entire genome of C. elegans, the "lab rat" of nematodes, ...