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Abstract:
The musculature of parasitic platyhelminths (monogeneans, digeneans and cestodes) presents an attractive target for chemotherapeutic intervention in that it is central to locomotory movement and attachment and serves an essential role in alimentation (feeding, translocation of food and digestive waste) and reproduction (insemination, egg formation and oviposition). Here, Gunnar Mair, Aaron Maule, Chris Shaw and David Halton review muscle organization in flatworm parasites, and outline some of the recent physiological and molecular advances that have been made in flatworm muscle research.
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