Nucleic acid extraction and sequencing of genes from organisms within environmental
samples encompasses a variety of techniques collectively referred to as environmental DNA …

(Adaptive) radiations have attracted evolutionary biologists for a long time as ideal model
systems to study patterns and processes of often rapid speciation. However, whereas a …

Comparative pathology as a scientific discipline studies animal diseases in relation to their
aetiology, pathogenesis and prognosis. Among the main aspects of this discipline …

Infrakingdom Rhizaria is one of four major subgroups with distinct cell body plans that
comprise eukaryotic kingdom Chromista. Unlike other chromists, Rhizaria are mostly …

Microsporidia and Apicomplexa are eukaryotic, single‐celled, intracellular parasites with
huge public health and economic importance. Typically, these parasites are studied …

There is a large diversity of eukaryotic symbionts of copepods, dominated by epizootic
protists such as ciliates, and metazoan parasites. Eukaryotic endoparasites, copepod …

The protist phylum Haplosporidia comprises over 40 described species with representatives
infecting a range of mollusc hosts, including several ecologically and economically …