Darwin Wittrock

Education

• Ph.D. Iowa State University - Zoology, Parasitology and Medical Entomology - 1976
• M.S. Iowa State University - Zoology with Parasitology - 1973
• B.A. University of Northern Iowa - Biology - 1971

Courses

• Biol 352 Parasitology

Research - Parasitology

• Ultrastructural studies on the structure of metacercarial cysts of trematode parasites in their second intermediate hosts
• Ultrastructure of trematode parasites during their transformation from immature to adult stages
• Parasite surveys of local animals
• Selected Publications (undergraduates are indicated by *):

  
  Walker DJ* and DD Wittrock. (1999). Histochemistry and ultrastructure of the metacercarial cyst of Cryptogonimus chyli (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae). Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 66: 82-86.

  Walker DJ* and DD Wittrock. (1992). Histochemistry and ultrastructure of the metacercarial cyst of Bolbogonotylus corkumi (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae). Journal of Parasitology 78: 725-730.

  Wittrock DD, CS Bruce and A.D. Johnson. (1991). Histochemistry and ultrastructure of the metacercarial cysts of blackspot trematodes Uvulifer ambloplitis and Neascus pyriformis. Journal of Parasitology 77: 454-460.