The Biology of Nematodes
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Summary
The Biology of Nematodes synthesizes knowledge of the biology of free-living, plant-parasitic, and animal-parasitic nematodes. Contributed works by recognized researchers apply groundbreaking molecular techniques, many of which resulted from work on Caenorhabditis elegans, toward new approaches to the study of nematode worms.
Topics covered include:
¨ Systematics and phylogeny
¨ Neuromuscular physiology
¨ Locomotion
¨ Sense organs
¨ Behavior
¨ Aging
¨ The nematode genome
¨ Survival strategies
¨ Immunology
¨ Epidemiology
¨ Structure and organization
¨ Gametes and fertilization
¨ Development
¨ Feeding, digestion, and metabolism
Table of Contents
Systematic Position & Phylogeny
Mark Blaxter and Paul De Ley
General Organization
Lynda M. Gibbons
Life Cycles
Donald Lee
Male and Female Gametes and Fertilization
Jean-Lou Justine
Embryology, Developmental Biology and the Genome
Ian Hope
Hatching
Roland N. Perry
Cuticle, Moulting, Growth and Exsheathment
Donald Lee
Feeding and Digestion
Ed Munn and Patricia Munn
Feeding Behavior of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Urs Wyss
Metabolism
Carolyn Behm
Excretion/Secretion, Ionic and Osmotic Regulation
Dave P. Thompson & Tim G. Geary
Neuromuscular Organization and Control in Nematodes
Richard Martin, J. Purcell, A.P. Robertson, and M.A. Valkanov
Locomotion
R. McNeill Alexander
Nematode Sense Organs
John Jones
Behavior
Donald Lee
Nematode Survival Strategies
David Wharton
Aging
David Gems
Immunology of Nematode Infection
Haruhiko Maruyama & Yukifumi Nawa
Biological Control
Brian R. Kerry & William M. Hominick
Behavior of Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Nobuyoshi Ishibashi
Chemical Control of Animal-Parasitic Nematodes
George A. Conder
Anthelmintic Resistance
Nick Sangster & R.J. Dobson
Molecular Approaches to Novel Crop Resistance against Nematodes
Howard Atkinson
Epidemiology and Control of Nematode Infection and Disease in Humans
Don A. Bundy, Helen L. Guyatt, and E. Michael
Editorial Reviews
"This multi-authored volume edited by Donald Lee is the culmination of his long-term commitment to furthering our understanding of these organisms which are ubiquitous in nature and often important parasites of plants and animals…In this book the vast body of knowledge about nematodes is organised into themes and within each theme, the available knowledge is discussed across the whole arena of nematode variation…It is particularly pleasing to read reviews that incorporate work done not only at the end of the 20th Century but in some cases, as long ago as the 19th Century. This is a tribute to the scholarship of the participating authors and thus, a commendation of this interesting volume."
Bridget M. Ogilvie, DBE, ScD, from the Foreword
