Comments on: A Tapeworm Mystery: Which Way Is Up? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Veronica http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7853 Veronica Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:25:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7853 Have you edited the text really? Cause I still get the idea that the "tail" is switching places. Another question: "In tapeworms, the ovaries are closer to the scolex." Is this always so? I pretty sure that my worms have their ovaries away from the scolex. I work with stingray parasites, pretty similar to the one in the picture by the way. Have you edited the text really? Cause I still get the idea that the “tail” is switching places.
Another question: “In tapeworms, the ovaries are closer to the scolex.” Is this always so? I pretty sure that my worms have their ovaries away from the scolex. I work with stingray parasites, pretty similar to the one in the picture by the way.

]]> By: Neerali http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7852 Neerali Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:05:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7852 very informative blog...thanks for passing on useful information.... very informative blog…thanks for passing on useful information….

]]> By: themadlolscientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7851 themadlolscientist Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:26:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7851 That photo is the stuff of nightmares. Hard to believe they used to sell these critters in capsules as a way to lose weight. That photo is the stuff of nightmares. Hard to believe they used to sell these critters in capsules as a way to lose weight.

]]> By: PhysioProf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7850 PhysioProf Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:36:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7850 Interesting! Can either end of the tapeworm regenerate a whole animal, like your typical free-living pond platyhelminth? Interesting! Can either end of the tapeworm regenerate a whole animal, like your typical free-living pond platyhelminth?

]]> By: Ron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7849 Ron Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:09:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7849 Are the hooks in cyst at the same end of the critter as the scolex? Is the "head" end switching? You state that the Post-2 is active in the end with the hooks (tail) and then becomes active in the region of each segment away from the scolex. [Note from Carl: I should have made this clearer in the text. I'll edit it now.] Are the hooks in cyst at the same end of the critter as the scolex? Is the “head” end switching? You state that the Post-2 is active in the end with the hooks (tail) and then becomes active in the region of each segment away from the scolex.

[Note from Carl: I should have made this clearer in the text. I'll edit it now.]

]]> By: Monado http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7848 Monado Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:34:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/06/28/a-tapeworm-mystery-which-way-is-up/#comment-7848 Wow, that's neat! It sounds almost as though the end is switching when the critter moves to independent segments--if I read that correctly. Wow, that’s neat! It sounds almost as though the end is switching when the critter moves to independent segments–if I read that correctly.

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