Parasitic castration: the evolution and ecology of body snatchers

KD Lafferty, AM Kuris - Trends in parasitology, 2009 - cell.com
Castration is a response to the tradeoff between consumption and longevity faced by
parasites. Common parasitic castrators include larval trematodes in snails, and isopod and …

Fungal secondary metabolites as modulators of interactions with insects and other arthropods

M Rohlfs, ACL Churchill - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Fungi share a diverse co-evolutionary history with animals, especially arthropods. In this
review, we focus on the role of secondary metabolism in driving antagonistic arthropod …

The surprising creativity of digital evolution: A collection of anecdotes from the evolutionary computation and artificial life research communities

J Lehman, J Clune, D Misevic, C Adami, L Altenberg… - Artificial life, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Evolution provides a creative fount of complex and subtle adaptations that often surprise the
scientists who discover them. However, the creativity of evolution is not limited to the natural …

The neurotropic parasite Toxoplasma gondii increases dopamine metabolism

E Prandovszky, E Gaskell, H Martin, JP Dubey… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The highly prevalent parasite Toxoplasma gondii manipulates its host's behavior. In infected
rodents, the behavioral changes increase the likelihood that the parasite will be transmitted …

Parasite manipulation of host behavior: an update and frequently asked questions

R Poulin - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
Many taxa of parasites modify the behavior of their hosts in ways that improve their
probability of transmission. Regardless of its evolutionary origins or underlying mechanisms …

Mature dendritic cells use endocytic receptors to capture and present antigens

CD Platt, JK Ma, C Chalouni… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
In response to inflammatory stimuli, dendritic cells (DCs) trigger the process of maturation, a
terminal differentiation program required to initiate T-lymphocyte responses. A hallmark of …

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

DP Hughes, SB Andersen, NL Hywel-Jones… - BMC ecology, 2011 - Springer
Background Parasites that manipulate host behavior can provide prominent examples of
extended phenotypes: parasite genomes controlling host behavior. Here we focus on one of …

Behavioral immunity in insects

JC De Roode, T Lefèvre - Insects, 2012 - mdpi.com
Parasites can dramatically reduce the fitness of their hosts, and natural selection should
favor defense mechanisms that can protect hosts against disease. Much work has focused …

Comparing mechanisms of host manipulation across host and parasite taxa

KD Lafferty, JC Shaw - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Parasites affect host behavior in several ways. They can alter activity, microhabitats or both.
For trophically transmitted parasites (the focus of our study), decreased activity might impair …

Parasites: evolution's neurobiologists

SA Adamo - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
For millions of years, parasites have altered the behaviour of their hosts. Parasites can affect
host behaviour by:(1) interfering with the host's normal immune–neural communication,(2) …