A practical guide to environmental association analysis in landscape genomics

C Rellstab, F Gugerli, AJ Eckert, AM Hancock… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape genomics is an emerging research field that aims to identify the environmental
factors that shape adaptive genetic variation and the gene variants that drive local …

Importance of sequence and timing in parasite coinfections

A Karvonen, J Jokela, AL Laine - Trends in parasitology, 2019 - cell.com
Coinfections by multiple parasites predominate in the wild. Interactions between parasites
can be antagonistic, neutral, or facilitative, and they can have significant implications for …

Diversity, specificity and speciation in larval Diplostomidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in the eyes of freshwater fish, as revealed by DNA barcodes

SA Locke, FS Al-Nasiri, M Caffara, F Drago… - International Journal for …, 2015 - Elsevier
Larvae (metacercariae) in some species of Diplostomidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)
inhabit fish eyes and are difficult to identify to species based on morphology. DNA barcoding …

Molecular prospecting for European Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) reveals cryptic diversity

S Georgieva, M Soldánová, A Pérez-del-Olmo… - International Journal for …, 2013 - Elsevier
We believe this study is the first attempt to address molecular prospecting for species
diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Europe. A database linking …

Life history, systematics and evolution of the Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886: progress, promises and challenges emerging from molecular studies

I Blasco-Costa, SA Locke - Advances in parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Members of the Diplostomoidea mature in amniotes and employ vertebrates, annelids and
molluscs as second intermediate hosts. Diplostomoid life cycles generally follow a three …

Validation of SNP allele frequencies determined by pooled next-generation sequencing in natural populations of a non-model plant species

C Rellstab, S Zoller, A Tedder, F Gugerli, MC Fischer - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Sequencing of pooled samples (Pool-Seq) using next-generation sequencing technologies
has become increasingly popular, because it represents a rapid and cost-effective method to …

Complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear ribosomal RNA operons of two species of Diplostomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda): a molecular resource for …

J Brabec, A Kostadinova, T Scholz, DTJ Littlewood - Parasites & Vectors, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The genus Diplostomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Diplostomidae)
is a diverse group of freshwater parasites with complex life-cycles and global distribution …

Integrative taxonomic approach to the cryptic diversity of Diplostomum spp. in lymnaeid snails from Europe with a focus on the 'Diplostomum mergi' species complex

C Selbach, M Soldánová, S Georgieva… - Parasites & …, 2015 - Springer
Background Recent molecular studies have discovered substantial unrecognised diversity
within the genus Diplostomum in fish populations in Europe and North America including …

Deterioration of basic components of the anti-predator behavior in fish harboring eye fluke larvae

M Gopko, VN Mikheev, J Taskinen - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2017 - Springer
Parasites can manipulate their host's behavior in order to increase their own fitness. When a
parasite is trophically transmitted, it can alter the host's anti-predatory behavior to make it …

Molecular and morphological evidence for three species of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae), parasites of fishes and fish-eating birds in Spain

A Pérez-del-Olmo, S Georgieva, HJ Pula… - Parasites & …, 2014 - Springer
Background Recent molecular studies have revealed high species diversity of Diplostomum
in central and northern Europe. However, our knowledge of the distribution of Diplostomum …