Talk:Parasitic castration

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Did you know... that Hemioniscus balani is called a "parasitic castrator" although its barnacle host remains a functioning male because the barnacle can no longer also function as a female?

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Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be back[edit]

I'm seeing double, so I'll have to pick this up again soon. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tables[edit]

Do you think table 3 or table 5 would be useful? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How about just 4 or 5 examples of interesting examples of parasitic castration strategies from Tables 3 and 5 combined? E.g Strepsiptera, Mackinnonia, Urosporidium, Bucephalus, Cestoda? Sharktopus^talk 04:13, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Will get to it eventually. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:38, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you could just show me how to make a 3-column table, with the columns headed "Parasite", "Host", and "Remarks", plus a couple of rows with "xxx" in each cell, I could figure out how to finish it. Sharktopus^talk 15:59, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Parasite	Host	Remarks
Sorry	to take	so long
Sorry	to take	so long
Sorry	to take	so long
Sorry	to take	so long
Sorry	to take	so long

Hurray for Anna and her wiki-ninja skills! Thank you so much, I will work on this. Sharktopus^talk 16:47, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Table in progress[edit]

Parasite	Host	Remarks
Strepsiptera	Hymenoptera, Hemiptera	Males feminized, females masculinized^[1]
Sporozoa Mackinnonia tubificis	Annelid Oligochaete]] Tubifex tubifex	Destroys gonad
Haplosporidia Urosporidium charletti	Cestoda Catenotaenia dendritica	Hypercastrator
Trematoda Bucephalus mytili	[[Bivalvia	Destroys gonad, host grows larger
Cestoda	Pisces Cyprinidae	Destroys gonad, behavioral changes

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