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Nonhost species reduce parasite infection in a focal host species within experimental fish communities

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The dilution effect describes the negative association between host biodiversity and the risk of infectious disease. Tests designed to understand the relative roles of host species richness, host species identity, and rates of exposure within ...
Sangwook Ahn, Cameron P. Goater
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The ecology and evolution of microsporidian parasites

Parasitology, 2009
SUMMARYThe phylum Microspora is ancient and diverse and affects a wide range of hosts. There is unusually high use of vertical transmission and this has significant consequences for transmission and pathogenicity. Vertical transmission is associated with low pathogenesis but nevertheless can have significant impact through associated traits such as sex
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Non‐Coding Transcripts From Diversified Members of IgLec Family Protect Antiviral Effectors From Viral miRNA

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The IgLec gene family generates both protein‐coding antiviral effectors and non‐coding transcripts. Upon viral infection, non‐coding transcripts are preferentially targeted by viral miR‐N48, thereby buffering protein‐coding isoforms from repression. Depletion of these decoy transcripts compromises antiviral defense, revealing a non‐coding RNA‐mediated ...
Ying Huang, Rui Shen, Xin Huang, Gu‐Qin Ji, Jiang‐Feng Lan, Qian Ren   +5 more
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Seasonality and host-parasite interrelationship of Hysterothylacium aduncum (Nematoda) in whiting Merlangius merlangus off the southern and northern coasts of the Black Sea

Helminthologia, 2016
In the present study, we investigated the comparative infection levels, ecology and host-parasite interrelationship of a nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum (Rudolphi, 1802) in whiting, Merlangius merlangus (L., 1758) in southern (Sinop) and northern ...
Özer A., Kornyychuk Y. M., Yurakhno V., Öztürk T.   +3 more
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From Artificial to Embodied and Physical Intelligence in Smart Manufacturing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Smart manufacturing is reframed through complementary artificial, embodied, and physical intelligence, spanning computational reasoning, perception‐action coupling, and material‐level adaptation. Their integration across design, fabrication, operation, and maintenance reveals how intelligence can be co‐designed across algorithms, embodied agents, and ...
Kang Wang, Xinyu Lu, Tong Liu, Jinjie Fang, Xin Li, Siqian Wu, Liuchao Jin, Wei‐Hsin Liao, Shuyou Zhang, Jianrong Tan   +9 more
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Plasticity in transmission strategies of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi: environmental and genetic effects

Evolutionary Applications, 2013
Parasites may alter their behaviour to cope with changes in the within‐host environment. In particular, investment in transmission may alter in response to the availability of parasite resources or host immune responses.
Angus Cameron, Sarah E. Reece, Damien R. Drew, Daniel T. Haydon, Andrew J. Yates   +4 more
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Sleeping site ecology, but not sex, affect ecto- and hemoparasite risk, in sympatric, arboreal primates (Avahi occidentalis and Lepilemur edwardsi)

Frontiers in Zoology, 2017
Background A central question in evolutionary parasitology is to what extent ecology impacts patterns of parasitism in wild host populations. In this study, we aim to disentangle factors influencing the risk of parasite exposure by exploring the impact ...
May Hokan, Christina Strube, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann   +3 more
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Enriched Soil Organic Carbon Underpins Long‐Term Stable Crop Productivity Across China's Croplands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Quantifying the nonlinear relationships and causal effects of soil organic carbon (SOC) on crop stability reveals specific critical thresholds and saturation points. This partitions the national SOC spectrum into three functional phases. Integrating these spatial delineations with high‐resolution maps of marginal gains pinpoints regions with the ...
Yuyang Huang, Yulin Shangguan, Zhongkui Luo, Peng Zhu, David Makowski, Zhenzhong Zeng, Qingxu Ma, Min Wei, Yuanyuan Du, Su Ye, Zhou Shi, Songchao Chen   +11 more
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Larval fish can be a freshwater mussel host

Journal of Freshwater Ecology
North American freshwater mussels (Order Unionida, Families Margaritiferidae and Unionidae) are a diverse group of invertebrates with many species threatened by extirpation or extinction.
Martin L. Stenske, Kieran T. Smith, Mark C. Hove   +2 more
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Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

BMC Ecology, 2018
Background Various factors, such as climate, body size and sociality are often linked to parasitism. This constrains the identification of other determinants driving parasite infections. Here, we investigate for the first time intestinal parasites in two
May Hokan, Elke Zimmermann, Ute Radespiel, Bertrand Andriatsitohaina, Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona, Christina Strube   +5 more
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