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An infectious topic in reticulate evolution: introgression and hybridization in animal parasites.
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- Hybridization and Immunology in Animals: A Review.Ecology and evolution · 2026Review
- Investigating genetic profiles of cases of Schistosoma spp. imported into Europe: a cohort from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group for Clinical Parasitology.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Comparative Genomic Analysis of Co-Occurring Hybrid Zones of House Mouse Parasites Pneumocystis murina and Syphacia obvelata Using Genome Polarisation.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Urogenital schistosomiasis in three different water access in the Senegal river basin: prevalence and monitoring praziquantel efficacy and re-infection levels.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Development of allele-specific PCR methodology (AS-PCR) to screening A. lumbricoides and A. suum.Parasitology research · 2022Article
- Morphological and genomic characterisation of the Schistosoma hybrid infecting humans in Europe reveals admixture between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Spillover, hybridization, and persistence in schistosome transmission dynamics at the human-animal interface.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Hybrid Genotype ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Natural Intra- and Interclade Human Hybrid Schistosomes in Africa with Considerations on Prevention through Vaccination.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- No pre-zygotic isolation mechanisms between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis parasites: From mating interactions to differential gene expression.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Diverging patterns of introgression from Schistosoma bovis across S. haematobium African lineages.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
- Expansion of frozen hybrids in the guppy ectoparasite, Gyrodactylus turnbulli.Molecular ecology · 2021Article
- Schistosomiasis Morbidity Hotspots: Roles of the Human Host, the Parasite and Their Interface in the Development of Severe Morbidity.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
- Comparing rates of introgression in parasitic feather lice with differing dispersal capabilities.Communications biology · 2020Article
- Successful mating and hybridisation in two closely related flatworm species despite significant differences in reproductive morphology and behaviour.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- No limit in interspecific hybridization in schistosomes: observation from a case report.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2019Article
- The ectoparasites of hybrid ducks in New Zealand (Mallard x Grey Duck).International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2018Article
- Hybridization and differential introgression associated with environmental shifts in a mistletoe species complex.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Opportunities and challenges for modelling epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics in a multihost, multiparasite system: Zoonotic hybrid schistosomiasis in West Africa.Evolutionary applications · 2018Article
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Abstract
Little attention has been given to the role that introgression and hybridization have played in the evolution of parasites. Most studies are host-centric and ask if the hybrid of a free-living species is more or less susceptible to parasite infection. Here we focus on what is known about how introgression and hybridization have influenced the evolution of protozoan and helminth parasites of animals. There are reports of genome or gene introgression from distantly related taxa into apicomplexans and filarial nematodes. Most common are genetic based reports of potential hybridization among congeneric taxa, but in several cases, more work is needed to definitively conclude current hybridization. In the medically important Trypanosoma it is clear that some clonal lineages are the product of past hybridization events. Similarly, strong evidence exists for current hybridization in human helminths such as Schistosoma and Ascaris. There remain topics that warrant further examination such as the potential hybrid origin of polyploid platyhelminths. Furthermore, little work has investigated the phenotype or fitness, and even less the epidemiological significance of hybrid parasites.
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