Hyalomma Koch, 1844 are ixodid ticks that infest mammals, birds and reptiles, to which 27
recognized species occur across the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental regions. Despite …

The African continent was subjected to periodic climatic shifts during the Pliocene and
Pleistocene. These habitat changes greatly affected the evolutionary processes and tempo …

Aim It is predicted that the dispersal and gene flow of ectoparasites with wide host ranges
are correlated with the vagilities of their most mobile hosts. To test this, the …

Background The specialist-generalist variation hypothesis (SGVH) in parasites suggests
that, due to patchiness in habitat (host availability), specialist species will show more …

The dispersal and subsequent gene flow within parasite species is the result of a complex
interaction between parasite life history, host life history and abiotic environmental factors …

Mastomys are the most widespread African rodent and carriers of various diseases such as
the plague or Lassa virus. In addition, mastomys have rapidly gained a large number of …

Analyses of DNA from fossil specimens can generate critical insights into the demographic
histories of natural populations. Previous analyses of fossil specimens from a single cave …

Abstract The African rodent genus Mastomys contains eight species, some of which are
widely distributed pest species and others which have restricted distribution. Most species …

The riverine rabbit, Bunolagus monticularis, is regarded critically endangered. This endemic
South African leporid is believed to have extremely low population numbers, and was …

Currently, descriptive information on the host range and geographic distribution of helminth
parasites associated with naturally occurring rodents in South and southern Africa is scant …