A new lizard parasite is the first known to move from mom to baby
The worm turns up in the mom’s ovaries and the embryo’s braincase of a common wall lizard
A common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), like this one captured in the wild, can harbor parasites that move across generations, from mother to baby lizards, researchers have found.
N. Feiner/Lund University
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