Climatological variation and ecological perturbation have been pervasive drivers of faunal
assembly, structure and diversification for parasites and pathogens through recurrent events …

Parasites are integral components of the biosphere. Host switching correlated with events of
episodic climate change is ubiquitous in evolutionary and ecological time. Global climate …

The parasite paradox arises from the dual observations that parasites (broadly construed,
including phytophagous insects) are resource specialists with restricted host ranges, and yet …

Genome evolution studies for the phylum Nematoda have been limited by focusing on
comparisons involving Caenorhabditis elegans. We report a draft genome sequence of …

Aim To integrate ecological fitting, the oscillation hypothesis and the taxon pulse hypothesis
into a coherent null model for the evolution of complex host–parasite associations. Location …

Contrary to our understanding of just a few decades ago, the genus Trichinella now consists
of a complex assemblage of no less than nine different species and three additional …

Trichinella spiralis has historically been deemed “the pig parasite” owing to its initial
classification within a monospecific genus. However, in recent years, the genus has …

Phylogenetic relationships within many lineages of the phylum Nematoda remain
unresolved, despite numerous morphology-based and molecular analyses. We performed …

Zoonotic parasites are important causes of endemic and emerging human disease in
northern North America and Greenland (the North), where prevalence of some parasites is …

Trichinellosis is a globally important food-borne parasitic disease of humans caused by
roundworms of the Trichinella complex. Extensive biological diversity is reflected in …