The right response at the right time: Exploring helminth immune modulation in sticklebacks by experimental coinfection. [PDF]
Mol Ecol, 2019 Parasites are one of the strongest selective agents in nature. They select for hosts that evolve counter‐adaptive strategies to cope with infection. Helminth parasites are special because they can modulate their hosts’ immune responses.
Piecyk A, Ritter M, Kalbe M.
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Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 2022 The aim of the present study was to identify the parasite fauna of cultured rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum, 1792) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) from a flow‐through aquaculture system at Lake Tollense in northern Germany. The fish
Patrick Unger +5 more
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Opposing health effects of hybridization for conservation
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 The continuing decline of many natural plant and animal populations emphasizes the importance of conservation strategies. Hybridization as a management tool has proven successful in introducing gene flow to small, inbred populations, but can be also ...
Ines Klemme +7 more
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Specific gene expression responses to parasite genotypes reveal redundancy of innate immunity in vertebrates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Vertebrate innate immunity is the first line of defense against an invading pathogen and has long been assumed to be largely unspecific with respect to parasite/pathogen species.
David Haase +6 more
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Exploring the diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in fishes from the River Danube using mitochondrial DNA barcodes [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background Metacercariae of Diplostomum are important fish pathogens, but reliable data on their diversity in natural fish populations are virtually lacking. This study was conducted to explore the species diversity and host-parasite association patterns
Olena Kudlai +3 more
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Are sick individuals weak competitors? Competitive ability of snails parasitized by a gigantism-inducing trematode. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Parasitized individuals are often expected to be poor competitors because they are weakened by infections. Many trematode species, however, although extensively exploiting their mollusc hosts, also induce gigantism (increased host size) by diverting host
Otto Seppälä +4 more
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Helminths of the black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) from breeding colonies in north-central Poland [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAmong parasites of the digestive tract of the black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in Poland, the best known are species of digenetic trematodes and cestodes. Nematodes of this bird species are not well known.
Agata N. Stapf +4 more
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Occurrence of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum Niewiadomska, 1984 and D. mergi Dubois, 1932 (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Danish freshwater snails:ecological and molecular data [PDF]
Folia Parasitologica, 2013 Freshwater pulmonate snails from three locations in Lake Furesø north of Copenhagen were screened for infection with furcocercariae (by shedding in the laboratory) and recovered parasite larvae were diagnosed by molecular methods (by performing PCR of rDNA and sequencing the internal transcribed spacer [ITS] region).
Buchmann, Kurt +4 more
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Fitness effects of assisted gene flow in an endangered salmonid population
Conservation Science and PracticeAssisted gene flow is increasingly used to combat severe population declines. However, the associated risks, such as outbreeding depression, are often insufficiently assessed.
Ines Klemme +3 more
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MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: a new tool for rapid identification of cercariae (Trematoda, Digenea) [PDF]
Parasite, 2019 Identification of cercariae was long based on morphological and morphometric features, but these approaches remain difficult to implement and require skills that have now become rare.
Huguenin Antoine +3 more
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