Parasite-induced modification of host behavior increasing transmission to a next host is a
common phenomenon. However, field-based studies are rare, and the role of environmental …

The lancet fluke, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, is perhaps the best-known example of parasite
manipulation of host behavior, which is manifested by a radically changed behavior that …

Background Parasites that manipulate host behavior can provide prominent examples of
extended phenotypes: parasite genomes controlling host behavior. Here we focus on one of …

Parasites and their hosts use different strategies to overcome the defenses of the other, often
resulting in an evolutionary arms race. Limited animal studies have explored the differential …

Eusocial insects, such as ants, have access to complex disease defenses both at the
individual, and at the colony level. However, different species may be exposed to different …

Parasite manipulation of host behavior is a compelling example of an extended phenotype.
Some parasitic Ophiocordyceps species manipulate their ant victims to behave like zombies …

Ants can display modified behaviors that represent the extended phenotypes of genes
expressed by parasites that infect them. In such cases, the modifications benefit the parasite …

Many parasites have evolved strategies to exploit host behaviour for successful
transmission. Ophiocordyceps manipulations of carpenter ant behaviour represent an …

Hosts can be manipulated by parasites to move to locations advantageous for onward
transmission. To investigate the role of behavioral manipulation in creating transmission …

Host–parasite interactions are ideal systems for the study of coevolutionary processes.
Although infections with multiple parasite species are presumably common in nature, most …