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A DNA-based demonstration of a three-host life-cycle for the Bivesiculidae (Platyhelminthes : Digenea)
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The results show that bivesiculids may have three-host life-cycles in addition to the two-hostLife-cycles that have been demonstrated previously.About:
This article is published in International Journal for Parasitology.The article was published on 1998-11-01. It has received 178 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thalassoma lunare & Spacer DNA.read more
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Molecular ecology of parasites: elucidating ecological and microevolutionary processes
TL;DR: A review of the use of molecular markers to address ecological and microevolutionary processes in parasites can be found in this paper, where the authors highlight areas of particular interest in relation to the parasitic lifestyle, and draw attention to areas that require additional study.
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The Use and Implications of Ribosomal DNA Sequencing for the Discrimination of Digenean Species
Matthew J. Nolan,Thomas H. Cribb +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that consistent genetic differences that are associated with consistent morphological or biological traits should be considered the marker for separate species and proposed a generalised approach to the use of rDNA to distinguish trematode species.
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Life Cycle Evolution in the Digenea: a New Perspective from Phylogeny
TL;DR: It is concluded that, plesiomorphically, digenean miracidia hatched from eggs and penetrated gastropod first intermediate hosts externally and developed Fork-tailed cercariae were produced in rediae and emerged from the snail to be eaten directly by the teleost definitive host.
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Advances and trends in the molecular systematics of the parasitic Platyhelminthes.
Peter D. Olson,Vasyl V. Tkach +1 more
TL;DR: The current state of play and the early works that led to the molecular-based hypotheses that now predominate in the field are reviewed; advances in their systematics, taxonomy, classification and phylogeny, as well as trends in species circumscription, molecular targets and analytical methods are discussed.
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Molecular systematics of some North American species of Diplostomum (Digenea) based on rDNA- sequence data and comparisons with European congeners
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis of partial ITS1 sequences revealed that the North American and European species of Diplostomum formed sep- arate groups, with the former being basal to the latter and the results indicated that D. huronense and D. indistinctum from North America are distinct from Diplastomum spathaceum and other similar species from Europe.
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Phylogenetic analysis of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeria) with comments on their adaptive radiation
TL;DR: The combination of larval and adult congruence in the absence of recapitulation, low levels of parallel evolution in morphology, and ecological diversification lagging far behind morphological change discounts traditional notions of adaptive radiations are considered.
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On the position of the digenean family Heronimidae: an inquiry into a cladistic classification of the Digenea
TL;DR: This analysis concludes that what remains of the data-base is insufficient to support the Heronimidae cladogram and classification, and suggests that better data from the flukes themselves are necessary for a sound cladistic analysis.
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Observations on the morphology and life-cycle of Paucivitellosus fragilis Coil, Reid & Kuntz, 1965 (Trematoda: Bivesiculidae).
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Bivesiculidae and Haplosplanchnidae (Digenea) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia
TL;DR: Bivesiculid and haplosplanchnid trematodes are recorded from southern Great Barrier Reef fishes and the latter species possesses a vesicular pars prostatica but lacks a cirrus-sac.
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