#trematode — Public Fediverse posts

Hulke & Criscione find that high selfing rates for a trematode can be explained solely by demography. Using demographic estimates of selfing showed no evidence for inbreeding depression. They test a theory for why parasites maintain complex life cycles. Read now ahead of print!

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/732807

#trematode #selfing #demography #inbreeding #parasite #lifeCycles

#Scientists show how #parasites turn marsh-dwelling brown #crustaceans into neon zombies https://phys.org/news/2023-08-scientists-parasites-marsh-dwelling-brown-shrimp.html

#ParasiteManipulation of host phenotypes inferred from transcriptional analyses in a #trematode-#amphipod system https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17093

"#SaltMarshes are home to tiny crustaceans called amphipods that keep a low profile... But when amphipods are infected with a #parasitic #worm, they turn bright orange and lose their tendency to run for cover when exposed."

Parasitizing #DeepSea #hydrothermal vents https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023/08/18/parasitizing-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents/

#Parasite diversity at isolated, disturbed #HydrothermalVents: Lauren Dykman et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0877

"total parasite richness was lower in vents compared to the #kelp forests and intertidal #sandflats. Interestingly, #parasites with indirect life cycles, which were expected to be scarcer, were in fact relatively abundant due to the number of #trematode parasites found infecting host groups living on hydrothermal vents."

Parasitizing #DeepSea #hydrothermal vents https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023/08/18/parasitizing-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents/

#Parasite diversity at isolated, disturbed #HydrothermalVents: Lauren Dykman et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0877

"total parasite richness was lower in vents compared to the #kelp forests and intertidal #sandflats. Interestingly, #parasites with indirect life cycles, which were expected to be scarcer, were in fact relatively abundant due to the number of #trematode parasites found infecting host groups living on hydrothermal vents."

Parasitizing #DeepSea #hydrothermal vents https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023/08/18/parasitizing-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents/

#Parasite diversity at isolated, disturbed #HydrothermalVents: Lauren Dykman et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0877

"total parasite richness was lower in vents compared to the #kelp forests and intertidal #sandflats. Interestingly, #parasites with indirect life cycles, which were expected to be scarcer, were in fact relatively abundant due to the number of #trematode parasites found infecting host groups living on hydrothermal vents."

Parasitizing #DeepSea #hydrothermal vents https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023/08/18/parasitizing-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents/

#Parasite diversity at isolated, disturbed #HydrothermalVents: Lauren Dykman et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0877

"total parasite richness was lower in vents compared to the #kelp forests and intertidal #sandflats. Interestingly, #parasites with indirect life cycles, which were expected to be scarcer, were in fact relatively abundant due to the number of #trematode parasites found infecting host groups living on hydrothermal vents."

Parasitizing #DeepSea #hydrothermal vents https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023/08/18/parasitizing-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents/

#Parasite diversity at isolated, disturbed #HydrothermalVents: Lauren Dykman et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0877

"total parasite richness was lower in vents compared to the #kelp forests and intertidal #sandflats. Interestingly, #parasites with indirect life cycles, which were expected to be scarcer, were in fact relatively abundant due to the number of #trematode parasites found infecting host groups living on hydrothermal vents."