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The measurement of immunological stress in nematodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. Nowell
Affiliation:
Department of Life Science, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK:
A. Wardlaw
Affiliation:
Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, UK
D. de Pomerai
Affiliation:
Department of Life Science, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK:
D. Pritchard
Affiliation:
Department of Life Science, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK:

Extract

No article involving the nematode cuticle can ignore the work of Donald Lee. Since the publication of his book Physiology of nematodes (Lee, 1965), he has provided us with an extensive knowledge of the structure, composition, maintenance and growth of a variety of nematode cuticles and has undoubtedly contributed a great deal to our understanding of this unique and diverse structure.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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