Transmission Strategies Used by Gyrodactylus gasterostei (Monogenea) on Its Host, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
The monogenean Gyrodactylus gasterostei and its host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, were employed as a model system to investigate the influence spidertattooz.com of gyrodactylid maturity on host transfer.Laboratory experiments included the determination of maturity (presence of a male copulatory organ) and reproductive statu