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• n  infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
• n  unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

• Like a vaccine against pride, the sublime achievement of the human intellect reveals that we have only twice as many genes as a roundworm, about three times as many as a fruit fly .
• A microscopic roundworm called Caenorhabditis elegans.
• Tricinella spiralis is a microscopic roundworm that enters the human digestive system in undercooked pork, and burrows into the lining of the small intestine.

• tinea
• ringworm
• nematode
• nematode worm

News & Articles

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• Hormone receptors may regulate effect of nutrition on life expectancy not only in roundworms, but perhaps also in humans
  A reduced caloric intake increases life expectancy in many species. But how diet prolongs the lives of model organisms such as fruit flies and roundworms has remained a mystery until recently. Scientists have now discovered that a hormone receptor is one of the links between nutrition and life expectancy in the roundworms. The receptor protein NHR-62 increases the lifespan of the animals by ...
  Aug. 7, 2013 - Science Daily