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Nematodes are incontestably the most numerous and the most diverse
metazoans in freshwater habitats, and these properties bestow
exceptional significance to their role in the environment. An array
of functional roles has been attributed to them: they are grazers
on bacteria and primary producers, regulators of decomposition of
plant material, predators, prey for other animals, and closely
associated symbionts of bacteria and other organisms. Freshwater
nematodes are central in the context of environmental monitoring,
pollution assessments, global warming and food webs, and this is
increasingly being recognized. Moreover, the short generation time
(a few days to months) of many species makes nematodes ideal for
laboratory studies. This book: Provides a follow-up to Freshwater
Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy (2006). Offers guidelines for
studying the ecology of free-living nematodes, including detailed
protocols and case studies. Promotes free-living nematodes as model
organisms for studies in a broad range of research fields. Despite
the recognized importance of nematodes across ecosystems, many
species of free-living nematodes have yet to be discovered, and
essential knowledge gaps remain. Ecology of Freshwater Nematodes
provides an overview of research efforts in this field, and is an
important resource for researchers in the field of nematology and
ecology.
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Nematodes as Model Organisms (Hardcover)
Itamar Glazer, D. Shapiro-Llan, Paul W. Sternberg; Contributions by Sigal Braun Miyara, Fernando Calahorro, …
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R2,893
Discovery Miles 28 930
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Nematodes are small multicellular organisms that have been used as
biological models since the 1960s. For example, Caenorhabditis
elegans is a free-living nematode worm, about 1mm in length, that
lives in temperate soil environments. It is made up of about 1000
cells, and has a short life cycle of only two weeks. It was the
first multicellular organism to have its whole genome sequenced.
The book summarizes the importance of nematodes as model organisms
in the fields of genetics, developmental biology, neurobiology,
pharmacology, nutrition, ecology and parasitology. Of interest to a
broad audience across a wide spectrum of disciplines, this book is
useful for biologists working on comparative studies to investigate
biological processes across organisms; medical scientists and
pharmacologists for exploration of drugs and medicine (including
the use of genome editing to eliminate diseases); ecologists
considering nematodes as indicators for environment changes; and
parasitologists for host-parasite interactions. Many other
researchers can use this book as a benchmark for the broad
implications of nematology research on other aspects of science.
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