Let's restart formally naming 'larval'trematodes

RF Hechinger - Trends in Parasitology, 2023 - cell.com
Arguably the most unique biological features of trematode parasites involve their clonal
parthenitae and cercariae. These life stages are biologically fascinating, medically and …

Indirect effects explain the role of parasites in ecosystems

JC Buck - Trends in Parasitology, 2019 - cell.com
Parasites are increasingly recognized as integral members of ecological communities, but
their ecological effects remain less clear. Here, I propose that, to uncover the unique role of …

The physical soldier caste of an invasive, human-infecting flatworm is morphologically extreme and obligately sterile

DCG Metz, RF Hechinger - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - pnas.org
We show that the globally invasive, human-infectious flatworm, Haplorchis pumilio,
possesses the most physically specialized soldier caste yet documented in trematodes …

[图书][B] Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science

The use of sacred values by humans to enforce cooperation has been seen throughout
human history, as demonstrated by philosophers like Marx and Aristotle observing that …

Evolution's empress: Darwinian perspectives on the nature of women

ML Fisher - Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2021 - Springer
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American entomologist, biologist,
naturalist, and researcher. He graduated in biology at the University of Alabama, and, in …

Environmental risk

L Chang, HJ Lu - Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science, 2021 - Springer
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American entomologist, biologist,
naturalist, and researcher. He graduated in biology at the University of Alabama, and, in …

Antagonism between parasites within snail hosts impacts the transmission of human schistosomiasis

MR Laidemitt, LC Anderson, HJ Wearing, MW Mutuku… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Human disease agents exist within complex environments that have underappreciated
effects on transmission, especially for parasites with multi-host life cycles. We examined the …

[HTML][HTML] The diverse echinostomes from East Africa: With a focus on species that use Biomphalaria and Bulinus as intermediate hosts

MR Laidemitt, SV Brant, MW Mutuku, GM Mkoji… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Echinostomes are a diverse group of digenetic trematodes that are globally distributed. The
diversity of echinostomes in Africa remains largely unknown, particularly in analyses using …

Evolution of emotion in social context

E Bliss-Moreau, LA Williams… - Encyclopedia of …, 2021 - Springer
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American entomologist, biologist,
naturalist, and researcher. He graduated in biology at the University of Alabama, and, in …

The role of competition–colonization tradeoffs and spatial heterogeneity in promoting trematode coexistence

EA Mordecai, AG Jaramillo, JE Ashford… - Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Competition–colonization tradeoffs occur in many systems, and theory predicts that they can
strongly promote species coexistence. However, there is little empirical evidence that …