Parasite co-structure: broad and local scale approaches

Parasite

C.D. Criscione¹ 

[1] Department of Biology, 3258 TAMU, Texas A&M University,College Station,TX 77843,USA (as of August 2008).

关键词: population genetics;    parasite;    molecular epidemiology;    comparative phylogeography;    co-structure;   

Others  :  808512
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2008153439

【 摘 要 】

A co-structure study is a comparison of demographic and/or genetic structure between two or more species. Such a comparative analysis among a parasite and its host(s) or among multiple parasite species is useful to elucidate factors that shape genetic variation within and among parasite populations. I provide a brief review of how co-structure studies in parasite systems can be used to address ecological, evolutionary, and epidemiological questions. Subjects that can be addressed with parasite costructure studies range from broad-scale analyses that compare phylogeographical patterns to local scale analyses that examine among host transmission within a host population.

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