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ALL stages of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria are infected with a eugregarine Gregarina garnhami1,2 (Fig. 1a). The morphology and life history of gregarines have been studied extensively, but little is known about the effects of gregarines on their invertebrate hosts.
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HARRY, O. Gregarines: their Effect on the Growth of the Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria). Nature 225, 964–966 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225964a0
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