The much smaller male may live inside the vagina and uterus of the female which can be five times longer than the male. Usually, only one male lives in the female gonad, but as many as five males have been observed in one female!

A review of the epigenetic mechanisms present in nematode-plant interactions can be found here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32413274/

Although they are not always beneficial, these responses usually last only for a few generations. Similar epigenetic effects can occur from RNA that can be taken up from the environment and passed on from one organism to another for several additional generations, at least four.

You can get more information about nematode lethargus at these links:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.nature.com/articles/nat...

or at the link in our bio!

Because it is similar to sleep in other animals as demonstrated by many behavioral and molecular characteristics such as periods of frequently interrupted movements, this quiescence is considered as a state of sleep in nematodes.

In honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on #february11 we would like to recognize all of the incredible women who have made contributions throughout the history of Nematology. Thank you because we wouldn't be here without you!

This image is from 1988, when she was awarded Honorary Membership in the Florida State Horticultural Society.

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She had extensive research on the efficient use of irrigation, control of soil-borne diseases, and management of insects. Amegda received the Presidential Award from the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists where she served in various roles."

Starting date is ideally March 15, 2025 and position is funded until September 30, 2026.

Information about the position and Kantor lab can be found at the link in bio!

Zhang et al. 2020 details many of the relationships present between nematodes and fungi and can be found here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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The two organisms interact synergistically so that the resulting disease is more severe than the simple additive effect of each organism. The most common disease complexes involve the root-knot, cyst, lesion, reniform, dagger, and needle nematodes.

Here you can see an example of different giant cells from the paper "Host-specific signatures of the cell wall changes induced by the plant parasitic nematode, Meloidogyne incognita" (Bozbuga et al. 2018)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

They interfere with the uptake of water and nutrients, block their transport, and form sinks that utilize photosynthesis that are diverted away from fruit to the female root-knot nematode."

An incredible example of worm-stars can be seen in Antunes et al. 2015 www.researchgate.net/publication/...