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A transcriptomic analysis of Echinococcus granulosus larval stages:implications for parasite biology and host adaptation [PDF]
The cestode Echinococcus granulosus--the agent of cystic echinococcosis, a zoonosis affecting humans and domestic animals worldwide--is an excellent model for the study of host-parasite cross-talk that interfaces with two mammalian hosts.
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Echinococcus, Giardia and Cryptosporidium: observational studies challenging accepted dogma [PDF]
The development of in vitro culture systems that allow the maintenance, and support the development of Echinococcus, Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the laboratory have had a significant impact on their biology and taxonomy and the epidemiology of ...
Thompson, R.C.A.
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Thyroid hormone receptor orthologues from invertebrate species with emphasis on
Background: Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) function as molecular switches in response to thyroid hormone to regulate gene transcription. TRs were previously believed to be present only in chordates. Results: We isolated two TR genes from the Schistosoma
Niles Edward G +2 more
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Background: Serpins are a superfamily of serine peptidase inhibitors that participate in the regulation of many physiological and cell peptidase-mediated processes in all organisms (e.g.
Roudnický Pavel +11 more
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Trematode diversity reflecting the community structure of Danish freshwater systems: molecular clues
Background Digenean trematodes are parasitic platyhelminths that use several hosts in their life cycles and are thereby embedded in various ecosystems affected by local environmental conditions.
Yajiao Duan +3 more
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Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes [PDF]
AimMeiofaunal communities that inhabit the marine benthos offer unique opportunities to simultaneously study the macroecology of numerous phyla that exhibit different life-history strategies.
Carvalho, Gary R. +9 more
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Microbial Metazoa Are Microbes Too
Microbial metazoa inhabit a certain “Goldilocks zone,” where conditions are just right for the continued ignorance of these taxa. These microscopic animal species have body sizes of
Holly M. Bik
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Flatworms have lost the right open reading frame kinase 3 gene during evolution [PDF]
All multicellular organisms studied to date have three right open reading frame kinase genes (designated riok-1, riok-2 and riok-3). Current evidence indicates that riok-1 and riok-2 have essential roles in ribosome biosynthesis, and that the riok-3 gene
Amani, Parisa +9 more
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Mixed infections and hybridisation in monogenean parasites. [PDF]
Theory predicts that sexual reproduction promotes disease invasion by increasing the evolutionary potential of the parasite, whereas asexual reproduction tends to enhance establishment success and population growth rate.
Bettina Schelkle +4 more
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