@article{PAR00001263,
  title = {{H}airworm anti-predator strategy : a study of causes and consequences},
  author = {{P}onton, {F}leur and {L}ebarbenchon, {C}amille and {L}ef{\`e}vre, {T}hierry and {T}homas, {F}. and {D}uneau, {D}. and {M}arch{\'e}, {L}. and {R}enault, {L}. and {H}ughes, {D}.{P}. and {B}iron, {D}avid},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}ne of the most fascinating anti-predator responses displayed by parasites is that of hairworms ({N}ematomorpha). {F}ollowing the ingestion of the insect host by fish or frogs, the parasitic worm is able to actively exit both its host and the gut of the predator. {U}sing as a model the hairworm, {P}aragordius tricuspidatus, (parasitizing the cricket {N}emobius sylvestris) and the fish predator {M}icropterus salmoides, we explored, with proteomics tools, the physiological basis of this anti-predator response. {B}y examining the proteome of the parasitic worm, we detected a differential expression of 27 protein spots in those worms able to escape the predator. {P}eptide {M}ass {F}ingerprints of candidate protein spots suggest the existence of an intense muscular activity in escaping worms, which functions in parallel with their distinctive biology. {I}n a second step, we attempted to determine whether the energy expended by worms to escape the predator is traded off against its reproductive potential. {R}emarkably, the number of offspring produced by worms having escaped a predator was not reduced compared with controls.},
  keywords = {escape behaviour ; gordian worm ; parasite ; predator ; proteomics},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasitology},
  volume = {133},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {631--638},
  ISSN = {0031-1820},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1017/{S}0031182006000904},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00001263},
}