Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy
ecosystems are often parasite rich. Yet, their negative impacts can be extreme …

This article reviews the history of gyrodactylid research focussing on the unique anatomy,
behaviour, ecology and evolution of the viviparous forms while identifying gaps in our …

This book celebrates the guppy's unique contribution to evolutionary ecology. Ever since
Caryl Haskins described guppy populations as a'natural experiment'because of the way …

Evolutionary radiations have intrigued biologists for more than 100 years, and our
understanding of the patterns and processes associated with these radiations continues to …

Understanding how individuals modify their social interactions in response to infectious
disease is of central importance for our comprehension of how disease dynamics operate in …

Matrotrophy, the continuous extra‐vitelline supply of nutrients from the parent to the progeny
during gestation, is one of the masterpieces of nature, contributing to offspring fitness and …

Four hundred Gyrodactylus species have been formally described, but the estimated
number of species in this fish ectoparasite genus of Monogenean Platyhelminthes is more …

Transmission is a fundamental step in the life cycle of every parasite but it is also one of the
most challenging processes to model and quantify. In most host–parasite models, the …

Monogeneans are flatworms (Platyhelminthes) with representatives in freshwater, brackish
and marine habitats. The vast majority of species are ectoparasitic and they all have a direct …

To test the hypothesis that host-switching can be an important step in the speciation of
gyrodactylid monogenean flatworms, we inferred the phylogeny within a cluster of parasites …