The evolution of parasitism a phylogenetic perspective
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The evolution of parasitism a phylogenetic perspective
(Advances in parasitology / edited by J. R. Baker, R. Muller and D. Rollinson, v. 54)
Elsevier, Academic Press, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index (p. [381]-398)
"Contents of volumes in this series" (v. 40-v. 53): p. [399]-404
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Parasitology continues to benefit from taking an evolutionary approach to its study. Tree construction, character-mapping, tree-based evolutionary interpretation, and other developments in molecular and morphological phylogenetics have had a profound influence and have shed new light on the very nature of host-parasite relations and their coevolution. Life cycle complexity, parasite ecology and the origins and evolution of parasitism itself are all underpinned by an understanding of phylogeny.
The Evolution of Parasitism - A Phylogenetic Perspective aims to bring together a range of articles that exemplifies the phylogenetic approach as applied to various disciplines within parasitology and as applied by parasitologists. Unified by the use of phylogenies, this book tackles a wide variety of parasite-specific biological problems across a diverse range of taxa.
Table of Contents
Introduction - phylogenies, phylogenetics, parasites and the evolution of parasitism - D.T.J. Littlewood
Cryptic Organelles in Parasitic Protists and Fungi - Bryony A. P. Williams & Patrick J. Keeling
Phylogenetic Insights into the Evolution of Parasitism in Hymenoptera - James B. Whitfield
Nematoda: Genes, Genomes and the Evolution of Parasitism - Mark L. Blaxter
Life Cycle Evolution in the Digenea: a New Perspective from Phylogeny - Thomas H. Cribb , Rodney A. Bray , Peter D. Olson & D. Timothy J. Littlewood
Progress in Malaria Research: the Case for Phylogenetics - Stephen M. Rich & Francisco J. Ayala
Phylogenies, the Comparative Method and Parasite Evolutionary Ecology - Serge Morand & Robert
Poulin
Recent Results in Cophylogeny Mapping - Michael A. Charleston
Inference of Viral Evolutionary Rates from Molecular Sequences - Alexei Drummond, Oliver G. Pybus & Andrew Rambaut
Detecting Adaptive Molecular Evolution: Additional Tools for the Parasitologist - James O. McInerney, D. Timothy J. Littlewood & Christopher J. Creevey
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