Search Results for: flea
Flea-bitten kidney
Flea-bitten kidney The kidney seen at autopsy in some cases of bacterial endocarditis, the appearance being caused by... Read More
Once-a-month pill for both fleas and ticks in Fido and Fluffy
Scientists in New Jersey are describing discovery and successful tests of the first once-a-month pill for controlling both... Read More
Small Water Fleas Help Ecologists Understand Population Dynamics
A study of populations of tiny water fleas is helping ecologists to understand population dynamics, which may lead to... Read More
Rickettsia felis, a cat-flea-borne pathogen, sheds light on Rickettsial evolution
VBI researchers in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have created a new... Read More
Sex, cleaner of genomes
When sexual species reproduce asexually, they accumulate bad mutations at an increased rate, report two Indiana University... Read More
Genome sequencing is for ecologists, too
An organism widely used for genetics-versus-environment studies has joined the panoply of mice, rats, dogs, humans and... Read More
Sediments In Many Central Valley Streams Contain Toxic Levels Of Pyrethroid Pesticides
BERKELEY A family of pesticides used increasingly nationwide in place of more heavily restricted organophosphate... Read More
Facultative parasite
Definition noun, plural: facultative parasites An organism that lives independent of a host but may occasionally be... Read More
Leptomonad
Definition noun (protozoology) The common name for any of the member of the genus Leptomonas Supplement Leptomonads refer to... Read More