Immobility in the sedentary plant-parasitic nematode H. glycines is associated with remodeling of neuromuscular tissue
Fig 4
Motor neurons degenerate in the ventral nerve cord during H. glycines development.
Lateral and sub-ventral micrographs of DAPI-stained mobile J2 (top) and sedentary J4 female (bottom), respectively. VNC neuronal nuclei (arrowheads) are highly condensed fluorescent puncta. VNC nuclei in immobile J4 females deviate from the linear pattern seen in mobile J2s.