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 …

Scabies remains a significant public health problem worldwide. Research into aspects of
Sarcoptes scabiei biology and host–parasite interactions has been impeded by an inability …

Measuring genome size across different species can yield important insights into evolution
of the genome and allow for more informed decisions when designing next-generation …

Background Environmental metagenomic analysis is typically accomplished by assigning
taxonomy and/or function from whole genome sequencing or 16S amplicon sequences …

Background The disease scabies, caused by the ectoparasitic mite, Sarcoptes scabiei,
causes significant morbidity in humans and other mammals worldwide. However, there is …

Alder decline has been a problem along European watercourses since the early 1990s.
Hybridization was identified as the main cause of this emerging disease. Indeed, the causal …

The parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei is an economically highly significant parasite of the skin
of humans and animals worldwide. In humans, this mite causes a neglected tropical disease …

Scabies is a common skin disease with an estimated worldwide incidence of 200 million
people infected per year. Its morbidity and mortality is principally due to secondary bacterial …

The number of managed honey bee colonies has considerably decreased in many
developed countries in recent years and ectoparasitic mites are considered as major threats …

Dinoflagellates are an ecologically important group of protists in aquatic environment and
have evolved many unusual and enigmatic genomic features such as immense genome …