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Human-Infecting Parasite Produces Sterile Soldiers Like Ants and Termites
July 30, 2024
LA JOLLA, California, July 30 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news on July 29, 2024:

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This species of freshwater flatworm could be used to study the evolution of social organization

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New research from scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds a tiny freshwater parasite known to cause health problems in humans defends its colonies with a class of soldiers . . .

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