SOLDIER CASTE ALSO IN HETEROPHYID TREMATODES

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In another paper for Ana’s dissertation (congrats!), we find that four species of heterophyid trematodes also appear to have a caste of soldiers. This extends documentation of trematode soldiers to a new superfamily. We also examine a few early infections to test our ideas about how caste structure develops. See our publications page for Garcia-Vedrenne et al. (2017) Trematodes with a reproductive division of labor: heterophyids also have a soldier caste and early infections reveal how colonies become structured. International Journal of Parasitology. Ana also made a nice narrated slide show that summarizes the paper!