Parasite rex
Subtitle: inside the bizarre world of nature's most dangerous creatures
By: Carl Zimmer
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780684856384
Subjects: Evolution; Host-Parasite Interactions; Parasitologie; Parasites; Parasit; Parasieten; Feind-Beute-Beziehung; Popular Works; Physiology
Description: A look inside the often hidden world of parasites turns the clock back to the beginning of life on Earth to answer key questions about these highly evolved and resilient life forms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-286).
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Nature's criminals -- -- 2.; title: Terra incognita -- -- 3.; title: Thirty Years' War -- -- 4.; title: Precise horror -- -- 5.; title: Great step inward -- -- 6.; title: Evolution from within -- -- 7.; title: Two-legged host -- -- 8.; title: How to live in a parasitic world.