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From: Transcriptional patterns of sexual dimorphism and in host developmental programs in the model parasitic nematode Heligmosomoides bakeri

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Life cycle of H. bakeri. Eggs present in mouse feces develop through two larval stages and arrest during their infective L3 stage. Upon being eaten by a mouse host the L3s exsheath in the stomach and upper duodenum and burrow into the duodenum tissue to form a granuloma. Development continues until the final molt to the adult form when the worms migrate to the lumen of the duodenum where they mate and lay their eggs, which get passed with the feces

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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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