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Host specificity and genealogy of Polyplax serrata on Apodemus species: a case of parasite duplication or colonisation?

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    SYSNO ASEP0319179
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleHost specificity and genealogy of Polyplax serrata on Apodemus species: a case of parasite duplication or colonisation?
    TitleHostitelská specifita a genealogie vši Polyplax serrata na myšicích rodu Apodemus: duplikace parazita nebo kolonizace nového hostitele?
    Author(s) Štefka, Jan (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Hypša, Václav (BC-A) RID
    Number of authors2
    Source TitleInternational Journal for Parasitology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0020-7519
    Roč. 38, č. 6 (2008), s. 731-741
    Number of pages11 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryAU - Australia
    Keywordsparasite duplication ; host specificity ; genealogy ; speciation ; Polyplax ; Apodemus
    Subject RIVEH - Ecology, Behaviour
    R&D ProjectsLC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    CEZAV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000255538100012
    DOI10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.09.011
    AnnotationGenealogy, population structure and population dynamics of the sucking louse Polyplax serrata were analyzed across four host species of the genus Apodemus. An analysis of 126 sequences of COI gene using phylogenetic approaches and haplotype networking revealed a clear structure of European samples, forming three distinct clades with different host specificities. Although a clear connection could be detected between the host and parasite genealogies, it was not expressed in any uniform "cospeciation" form. For example, a dramatic shift in the degree of host specificity was demonstrated for two louse lineages living in sympatry and sharing one of their host species. While one of the louse lineages frequently parasitizes two different host taxa (A. sylvaticus and A. flavicollis), the other lineage was strictly specific to A. flavicollis only. The estimate of divergence time between the two lineages indicates that they may have arisen due to parasite duplication on the A. flavicollis host.
    WorkplaceBiology Centre (since 2006)
    ContactDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Year of Publishing2009
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