Molecular analysis of nematode evolution / Mark L. Blaxter -- The Wolbachia endosymbionts of filarial nematodes / Claudio Bandi, Timothy J.C. Anderson, Claudio Genchi and Mark L. Blaxter -- Forward genetic analysis of plant-parasitic nematode-host interactions / Charles H. Opperman -- Identification of parasitic nematodes and study of genetic variability using PCR approaches / Robin B. Gasser -- Diversity in populations of parasitic nematodes and its significance / Mark E. Viney -- New insights into the intestinal niche of Trichinella spiralis / Judith A. Appleton -- Genetic reprogramming of mammalian skeletal muscle cells by Trichinella spiralis / Douglas P. Jasmer -- Plant-parasitic nematodes / David McK. Bird and Alan F. Bird -- The nematode cuticle: synthesis, modification and mutants / Antony P. Page -- Chitinases of filarial nematodes / Ralf Adam, Birgit Drabner and Richard Lucius -- Acetylcholinesterase secretion by nematodes / Murray E. Selkirk, Siใan M. Henson, Wayne S. Russell and Ayman S. Hussein -- The surface and secreted antigens of Toxocara canis: genes, protein structure and function / Rick M. Maizels and Alex Loukas -- Nematode gut peptidases, proteins and vaccination / David P. Knox, Philip J. Skuce, George F. Newlands and Diane L. Redmond -- Metabolic transitions and the role of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex during development of Ascaris suum / Richard Komuniecki and Patricia R. Komuniecki -- Novel carbohydrate structures / Anne Dell, Stuart M. Haslam and Howard R. Morris --