/ Nematodes Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /blog/how-does-parasitic-nematode-infect-wide-variety-plants <p>Nematologists at the University of California, Davis, <span>including </span><a href="https://nemaplex.ucdavis.edu/General/Biographies/VMWilliamson.htm"><span>Valerie Williamson</span></a><span>, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology&nbsp;and associate professor </span><a href="https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/people/shahid-siddique"><span>Shahid Siddique</span></a><span>, Department of Entomology and Nematology,&nbsp;</span>have long wondered how the <span>the Northern root-knot nematode (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_root-knot_nematode"><em><span>Me</span></em></a></p> November 19, 2025 - 10:54am Andy Fell /blog/how-does-parasitic-nematode-infect-wide-variety-plants /news/transparent-worms-glowing-proteins-may-help-fertility-treatments <p><span>The development of maternal egg cells is pivotal for survival – but also precarious. During meiosis, the DNA-containing chromosomes can easily be broken or lost, causing infertility, miscarriage or genetic disorders like Down syndrome. Scientists have struggled to study these crucial cellular events in humans and other mammals.</span></p> November 21, 2024 - 2:03pm Andy Fell /news/transparent-worms-glowing-proteins-may-help-fertility-treatments