Climatological variation and ecological perturbation have been pervasive drivers of faunal
assembly, structure and diversification for parasites and pathogens through recurrent events …

Parasitism is one of the most successful modes of life displayed by living organisms, as
measured by how often it evolved and how many parasitic species are presently in …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

" A remarkable accomplishment....[This volume] has been and will continue to be a major
force advancing freshwater fish parasitology."—Ernest H. Williams Jr., from the Foreword …

Concomitant infections are common in nature and often involve parasites. A number of
examples of the interactions between protozoa and viruses, protozoa and bacteria, protozoa …

Despite the fact that parasites are highly specialized with respect to their hosts, empirical
evidence demonstrates that host switching rather than co-speciation is the dominant factor …

The study of evolution at the molecular level has given the subject of evolutionary biology a
new significance. Phylogenetic'trees' of gene sequences are a powerful tool for recovering …

A series of cladistic analyses assesses the status and membership of the taxon Polychaeta.
The available literature, and a review by Fauchald & Rouse (1997), on the 80 accepted …

▪ Abstract Parasitoid wasps have evolved a wide spectrum of developmental interactions
with hosts. In this review we synthesize and interpret results from the phylogenetic …