Evolution of parasitism along convergent lines: from ecology to genomics

Horizontal gene transfer of epigenetic machinery and evolution of parasitism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and other apicomplexans

(2013) Sandeep P Kishore et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

You are where you live: parasitic nematode mitochondrial genome size is associated with the thermal environment generated by hosts

(2013) M. Lagisz et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diversity of mitochondrial genome structure in the phylum Apicomplexa

(2013) Kenji Hikosaka et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

The genomes of four tapeworm species reveal adaptations to parasitism

(2013) Isheng J. Tsai et al.   NATURE

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Spirocerca lupi: sequence, gene organization and phylogenetic implications

(2013) Guo-Hua Liu et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Explaining variability in parasite aggregation levels among host samples

(2013) ROBERT POULIN   PARASITOLOGY

Patterns of prokaryotic lateral gene transfers affecting parasitic microbial eukaryotes

(2013) Cecilia Alsmark et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Back to basics: A revealing secondary reduction of the mitochondrial protein import pathway in diverse intracellular parasites

(2012) Eva Heinz et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Red algal parasites: Models for a life history evolution that leaves photosynthesis behind again and again

(2012) Nicolas A. Blouin et al.   BIOESSAYS

Comparative genomics in the Amoebozoa clade

(2012) Gernot Glöckner et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Multiple and different genomic rearrangements of the rbcL gene are present in the parasitic orchid Neottia nidus-avis

(2012) Donata Cafasso et al.   GENOME

Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes

(2012) M. Muller et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The complete mitochondrial genome of an ectoparasitic monopisthocotylean flukeBenedenia hoshinai(Monogenea: Platyhelminthes)

(2012) Seokha Kang et al.   Mitochondrial DNA

Quantitative PCR-based genome size estimation of the astigmatid mites Sarcoptes scabiei, Psoroptes ovis and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

(2012) Kate E Mounsey et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Gain and loss of multiple functionally related, horizontally transferred genes in the reduced genomes of two microsporidian parasites

(2012) J.-F. Pombert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Complete Genome Sequence of the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium branchiophilum

(2011) Marie Touchon et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The intriguing nature of microsporidian genomes

(2011) N. Corradi et al.   Briefings in Functional Genomics

Cestode genomics - progress and prospects for advancing basic and applied aspects of flatworm biology

(2011) P. D. OLSON et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

Genome cartography: charting the apicomplexan genome

(2011) Jessica C. Kissinger et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

The draft genome of the carcinogenic human liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis

(2011) Xiaoyun Wang et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Gene duplication in the genome of parasitic Giardia lamblia

(2010) Jun Sun et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Reduced Genome of the Parasitic Microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi Lacks Genes for Core Carbon Metabolism

(2010) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints

(2010) A. M. Ardila-Garcia et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

(2009) Matthew Berriman et al.   NATURE

Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

(2009) Geraldine Butler et al.   NATURE

The mitochondrial genome sequence of Enterobius vermicularis (Nematoda: Oxyurida) — An idiosyncratic gene order and phylogenetic information for chromadorean nematodes

(2008) Seokha Kang et al.   GENE

Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

(2008) Pierre Abad et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Convergence and parallelism reconsidered: what have we learned about the genetics of adaptation?

(2007) J ARENDT et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION