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Divergent Genetic Pathways Underlying Convergent Parasitic Behaviours in Blowflies

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 11, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) exhibit diverse feeding strategies, with most species developing on decomposing organic matter. However, parasitism has evolved within the family, and some species convergently gained the ability to explore the tissues of living vertebrate hosts, which imposes critical veterinary, medical, and agricultural ...
Gisele Antoniazzi Cardoso, Pedro Mariano‐Martins, Gustavo Amaral Faria, Inoka Karunaratne, Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen, Tatiana Teixeira Torres   +5 more
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Blood metabolites as predictors to evaluate the body condition of Neopelma pallescens (Passeriformes: Pipridae) in northeastern Brazil

Zoologia (Curitiba)
Body condition is an important ecological attribute that can provide a measure of the energy stored by an animal or population. Body condition is traditionally ascertained with morphometric body condition indices (BCIs), but some researchers have used ...
Luane M.M. Azeredo, Talita C. Oliveira, Luiz C.S. Lopez   +2 more
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Earliest record of the spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini (Dugès) (Ixodida: Argasidae), from the Paisley Caves site (Oregon, USA), with implications for prehistoric human ectoparasitism

, 2020
The discovery of five individual specimens of the spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini (Dug e s), in late Pleistocene through middle Holocene deposits of the Paisley Caves site highlights an interesting aspect of prehistoric life not ordinarily visible ...
M. Adams, D. Jenkins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents [PDF]

Arthropods, 2022
Rodents are one of the largest order of mammals and they are ubiquitous worldwide. Research has been done over the past years globally to understand the function and ecological role of rodents.
Hakan Bozdogan, Annabel Banda, Tapiwa Gumbo   +2 more
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Does foraging efficiency vary with colony size in the fairy martin Petrochelidon ariel? [PDF]

, 2009
Colonial breeding occurs in a wide range of taxa, however the advantages promoting its evolution and maintenance remain poorly understood. In many avian species, breeding colonies vary by several orders of magnitude and one approach to investigating the ...
Griffith, Simon C., Griffith, Simon C.,, Griffith, Simon C, Langmore, N. E, Magrath, M., Santema, Peter, Langmore, Naomi E.,, Griffith, S., Magrath, Michael J. L., Langmore, N., Komdeur, Jan A N, Magrath, Michael J.L.,, Santema, Peter,, Komdeur, Jan,, Komdeur, Jan, Komdeur, J., Magrath, Michael J L, Langmore, Naomi E., Santema, P.   +18 more
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Precipitation and ectoparasitism reduce reproductive success in an arctic-nesting top-predator

Scientific Reports, 2018
Indirect impacts of climate change, mediated by new species interactions (including pathogens or parasites) will likely be key drivers of biodiversity reorganization. In addition, direct effects of extreme weather events remain understudied. Simultaneous
V. Lamarre, P. Legagneux, Alastair Franke, N. Casajus, D. Currie, D. Berteaux, J. Bêty   +6 more
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Hair fragility (trichorrhexis nodosa) in alopecic Pomeranian dogs

Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 64-73, February 2025.
Background – Alopecia associated with hair cycle arrest (HCA, Alopecia X) is well‐recognised in Pomeranian dogs. The authors are unaware of reports of hair fragility in affected dogs. Hypothesis/Objectives – Following the observation of frequent hair shaft abnormalities in alopecic Pomeranians, we hypothesised that hair fragility events would be more ...
Erin Brennan, Jonna Juhola, Ewan A. Ferguson, Anette Loeffler, Rosario Cerundolo, Anke Hendricks, Ross Bond   +6 more
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Pet and Stray Dogs’ Contribution to Zoonotic Transmission Pathways: A Bibliometric Review

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Based on a large‐scale bibliometric dataset, domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) emerge as the most frequently cited host species in the context of zoonoses, being mentioned in at least 10% of publications for nearly a quarter of the pathogens recognized as zoonotic to humans.
Thibaut Langlois, Sylvie Hurtrez-Boussès, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, Zhong Peng   +3 more
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Seasonal variation and host sex affect bat–bat fly interaction networks in the Amazonian savannahs

Integrative Zoology, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 400-416, May 2024.
Our data provide information on the interactions between bats and bat flies in one of the largest portions of Brazilian Amazonian savannah. Here, we demonstrate that environmental variations and host sex can influence the structure of interaction networks formed between bats and their ectoparasitic flies. Abstract Bats are the second‐most diverse group
Paulo MEJIA, Gustavo Lima URBIETA, Bruna da Silva XAVIER, Isaí Jorge de CASTRO, José Júlio DE TOLEDO, Gustavo GRACIOLLI, Lucio André VIANA DIAS, William Douglas CARVALHO   +7 more
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The marine leech Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), parasitic on the angel shark Squatina spp. and sandtiger shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae, Carchariidae) in Southern Brazilian waters

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2003
The presence of the marine leech, Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), is reported on the southern coast of Brazil, based on seven lots with 47 specimens, between 71 and 182 mm in total length, collected on the dorsal region ...
Soto J. M. R.
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