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Lajos Rózsa, József Garay
Symbiosis is an ecological relationship realized through a direct body-to-body interaction between individuals of separate species, including mutualism and parasitism. Accordingly, intraspecies exploitative interactions do not qualify as parasitism. The dwarf males of the deep-sea anglerfish (Ceratioidei) obtain…
Marco A. Juarez-Estrada, Danielle Graham, Xochitl Hernandez-Velasco, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias
'Guillermo Tellez-Isaias'] Parasitism is a tight association between species in which one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside the host, causing it harm, and is structurally adapted to this way of life (1). Until the twenty-first century, parasitism was studied by parasitologists, rather than ecologists or…
ROBERT POULIN, HASEEB S. RANDHAWA, Andrew P. Jackson
genomics Authors: ['ROBERT POULIN' 'HASEEB S. RANDHAWA' 'Andrew P. Jackson'] Title: SUMMARY From hundreds of independent transitions from a free-living existence to a parasitic mode of life, separate parasite lineages have converged over evolutionary time to share traits and exploit their hosts in similar ways. Here…
Elise Vaumourin, Gwenaël Vourc’h, Patrick Gasqui, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
'Muriel Vayssier-Taussat'] Most parasites co-occur with other parasites, although the importance of such multiparasitism has only recently been recognised. Co-infections may result when hosts are independently infected by different parasites at the same time or when interactions among parasite species facilitate…
Mark Viney
Nematodes are very common animals and they have repeatedly evolved parasitic lifestyles during their evolutionary history. Recently, the genomes of many nematodes, especially parasitic species, have been determined, potentially giving an insight into the genetic and genomic basis of nematodes’ parasitism. But, to…
Andrés Gómez, Elizabeth Nichols
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Marcos A. Vannier-Santos, Henrique L. Lenzi
This paper presents many types of interplays between parasites and the host, showing the history of parasites, the effects of parasites on the outcome of wars, invasions, migrations, and on the development of numerous regions of the globe, and the impact of parasitic diseases on the society and on the course of human…
MARK BLAXTER, GEORGIOS KOUTSOVOULOS, Andrew P. Jackson
Nematoda Authors: ['MARK BLAXTER' 'GEORGIOS KOUTSOVOULOS' 'Andrew P. Jackson'] Title: SUMMARY Nematodes are abundant and diverse, and include many parasitic species. Molecular phylogenetic analyses have shown that parasitism of plants and animals has arisen at least 15 times independently. Extant nematode species also…
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Title: Book details Loker ES, Hofkin BV:Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach. Garland Science, Taylor & Francis Group; 2015. 560 pages. ISBN 978-0-8153-4473-5
Timothy M. Brown, Alison M. Dunn, Rupert J. Quinnell, Ellen Clarke + 2 more
'Andrew A. Cunningham' 'Simon J. Goodman'] Title: Abstract Parasites represent a significant proportion of Earth's biodiversity and play important roles in the ecology and biology of ecosystems and hosts, making them an important target for conservation. Despite increasing calls to prioritize protection for parasites…
Adam Z. Hasik, Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Jean‐François Doherty, Meghan A. Duffy + 2 more
'Meghan A. Duffy' 'Robert Poulin' 'Adam M. Siepielski'] Title: Abstract Despite the ubiquitous nature of parasitism, how parasitism alters the outcome of host-species interactions such as competition, mutualism and predation remains unknown. Using a phylogenetically informed meta-analysis of 154 studies, we examined…
Donald A. Windsor
Conservation of parasites had a slow beginning, [3], [4] but is now a thriving trend, [1]. However, I worry that many biologists who are willing to conserve parasites may change their minds when they find out how nasty some parasites are. Consequently, it is critical that conservationists realize that there are two…
Henry Madsen, Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Roy Ambli Dalmo
Simple Summary Aquaculture is very important for producing high quality food for the increasing human population, and humans’ dependency on it will increase further in coming years. Aquaculture, however, is also undertaken for several other purposes. Further development of aquaculture can be challenged by parasites…
Alan J. Lymbery, Nico J. Smit
Although parasites make up a substantial proportion of the biotic component of ecosystems, in terms of both biomass and number of species, they are rarely considered in conservation planning, except where they are thought to pose a threat to the conservation of their hosts. In this review, we address a number of…