Phasmid
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Phasmid may refer to:
- Phasmid (nematode)Phasmid (nematode)Phasmids are unicellular sensilia in the lateral tail region of certain species of nematodes. They are similar in their structure to amphid sensilla, but smaller. Phasmid neurons were recently shown to function in modulation of chemorepulsion behavior....
, a sensory structure in nematodes - PhasmatodeaPhasmatodeaThe Phasmatodea are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects , walking sticks or stick-bugs , phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects...
, the insect group which contains stick insects and walking-sticks - PhagemidPhagemidA phagemid or phasmid is a type of cloning vector developed as a hybrid of the filamentous phage M13 and plasmids to produce a vector that can grow as a plasmid, and also be packaged as single stranded DNA in viral particles...
, a vector used in gene cloning