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Parasitic castration is a form of parasitization that has apparently not been documented in the fossil record, ... They may affect the reproductive system, although this is observed less frequently (O'Brien and van Wyk, 1985). The rhizocephalans, including the suborder Kentrogonida, characteristically castrate their hosts and,
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looked, parasites commonly castrate a large number of crustacean, mollusk and echinoderm hosts. ... in the prevalence of parasitic castrating barnacles are ...
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Although this prediction seems extreme, sterilization features prominently in a fascinating strategy, parasitic castration. ... Thus, commonly observed characteristics of parasitic castration readily emerge from a mechanistic model of energy flow using a minimal number of assumptions.
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requisite for parasitic castration to be a manipulative strategy of the parasite). ... esis that parasitic castration is an adaptive strategy for ...
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The mechanisms involved in the parasitic castration of the marine mussel Mytilus edulis by the trematode parasite Prosorhynchus squamatus Odhner, 1905, ...
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Parasitic castration, the specific blocking of host reproductive output by an individual parasite, is a host–parasite interaction common to many ...
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1 Castration in veterinary practice ... 2.1.2 As punishment ... Some parasitic nematodes chemically castrate their hosts, see microphallus.
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Castration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Castrated animals are deemed unfit for sacrifice in the Temple; Castrated men are deemed unfit for the priesthood. ★ Castration was used as a treatment for prostate cancer.[1]; ★ Some parasitic nematodes chemically castrate their hosts, see microphallus.
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much like that of mature females and limitation in the size of the major claw likely result from parasitic castration by rhizocephalan, ...
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