Sentences with phrase «attack developing embryos»

Duffy's curiosity about the parasite that she first noticed as a graduate student led her to read every published paper on parasites that attack developing embryos — commonly known as brood parasites — of Daphnia.

Bp, the shorthand name favored by Duffy and her colleagues, attacks the developing embryos of Daphnia, the sand grain - size freshwater crustaceans also known as water fleas.