| Literature DB >> 22366548 |
Kathrin K Geyer1, Karl F Hoffmann.
Abstract
The Platyhelminthes (flukes/flatworms) are a large group of derived metazoans beautifully adapted for existence in diversely challenging ecosystems. As tractable examples of development and self-regeneration or as causative agents of aquacultural, veterinary and biomedically-relevant parasitic diseases, the platyhelminths are subject to intensive inter-disciplinary research. Given the complex lifestyles exhibited by individuals within this phylum, we postulate that epigenetic processes feature in many aspects of platyhelminth lifecycle diversity, development and environmentally-driven adaptations. Copyright ÂEntities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22366548 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.02.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Parasitol ISSN： 0020-7519 Impact factor: 3.981