The evolution and fossil record of parasitism : identification and macroevolution of parasites
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The evolution and fossil record of parasitism : identification and macroevolution of parasites
(Topics in geobiology, v. 49)
Springer, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This two-volume edited book highlights and reviews the potential of the fossil record to calibrate the origin and evolution of parasitism, and the techniques to understand the development of parasite-host associations and their relationships with environmental and ecological changes. The book deploys a broad and comprehensive approach, aimed at understanding the origins and developments of various parasite groups, in order to provide a wider evolutionary picture of parasitism as part of biodiversity. This is in contrast to most contributions by parasitologists in the literature that focus on circular lines of evidence, such as extrapolating from current host associations or distributions, to estimate constraints on the timing of the origin and evolution of various parasite groups. This approach is narrow and fails to provide the wider evolutionary picture of parasitism on, and as part of, biodiversity.
Volume one focuses on identifying parasitism in the fossil record, and sheds light on the distribution and ecological importance of parasite-host interactions over time. In order to better understand the evolutionary history of parasites and their relationship with changes in the environment, emphasis is given to viruses, bacteria, protists and multicellular eukaryotes as parasites. Particular attention is given to fungi and metazoans such as bivalves, cnidarians, crustaceans, gastropods, helminths, insects, mites and ticks as parasites. Researchers, specifically evolutionary (paleo)biologists and parasitologists, interested in the evolutionary history of parasite-host interactions as well as students studying parasitism will find this book appealing.
Table of Contents
The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism -Identification and Macroevolution of Parasites1. Identifying parasitism in the fossil record => Kenneth De Baets and Timothy Littlewood
2. Parasitism through time => Kenneth De Baets, John Huntley
3. Evolutionary and ecological importance of parasitism => Tommy Leung, Kenneth De Baets,
4. Evolutionary history a. Viral fossils => Aris Katzourakisb. Bacteria as pathogens => George Poinarc. Protistan parasites => Ewan Wolff , Tommy Leung i. Foraminifers as parasites => Sally Walker ii. Apicomplexa as parasites => Ildemar Ferreira iii. Euglenozoa as parasites => George Poinar iv. Fungi (including microsporidians as parasites) => Nick Butterfieldd. Plants as parasites => Nate B. Hardy and Lyn G. Cooke. Metazoa as parasites i. Cnidarians as parasites => Olev Vinn, Beth Okamura ii. Molluscs (Bivalves, Gastropods) as parasites => Christian Neumann iii. Nematoids as parasites => George Poinar 1. Nematodes as parasites 2. Nematomorphs as parasites iv. Annelids as parasites => Luke Parry v. Flatworms as parasites => Kenneth De Baets vi. Rotifers as parasites (include Acan^ Thomas Near vii. Chelicerates as parasites (include Acari) => Jason Dunlop, Jose de la Fuente viii. Crustaceans as parasites => Christina Nagler, Joachim Haug ix. Insects as parasitoids and parasites => Conrad Labandeira, Torsten Wappler x. Vertebrates as parasites => Tommy Leung xi. Minor parasitic^ Greg Rouse xii. Extinct lineages of parasites => Kenneth De Baets
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