Project information
Evolutionary and ecological aspects in parasite-host system
- Project Identification
- GP524/03/P108
- Project Period
- 1/2003 - 1/2005
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Postdoctoral projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
- Keywords
- parasites, monogeneans, ecology, evolution
The project "Evolutionary and ecological aspects in parasite-host system" will be conducted on the evolutionary and ecological relationships using as model the Monogenea, the gill parasites, and freshwater fishes as their host group. The aims of this project will be (1) to apply phylogenetic knowledges from morphological and molecular analyses to test several hypotheses on host-parasite relationships from an evolutionary point of view (coevolution, host specificity, morphological adaptation of parasites), (2) to study the ecology of relationships among the parasites at a level of host species or host microhabitat (species competition and coexistence, parasite aggregation, niche size and overlap, evolutionary niche preference in the case of potentially competiting species, niche restriction).
Publications
Total number of publications: 8
2006
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A molecular phylogeny of the Dactylogyridae sensu Kritsky & Boeger (1989) (Monogenea) based on the D1-D3 domains of large subunit rDNA
Parasitology, year: 2006, volume: 132, edition: 7
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Specificity and specialization of congeneric monogeneans parasitizing cyprinid fish
Evolution, year: 2006, volume: 60, edition: 5
2005
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Host specificity of congeneric monogeneans (Dactylogyrus) in cyprinid fish
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Helminthological Days held at Ředkovec (Czech Republic) May 9 – 13, 2005, Helminthologia 42(3): 171-186., year: 2005
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Parasite species coexistence and limiting similarity: a multiscale look at phylogenetic, functional and reproductive distances
Oecologia, year: 2005, volume: 145, edition: 1
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Sexual ornamentation and parasite infection in males of common bream (Abramis brama): a reflection of immunocompetence status or simple cost of reproduction?
EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, year: 2005, volume: 7, edition: 4
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Specificity and specialization of Dactylogyrus species parasitising cyprinid fish
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China : School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, year: 2005
2004
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Molecular phylogeny of congeneric monogenean parasites (Dactylogyrus): a case of intrahost speciation
Evolution, year: 2004, volume: 58, edition: 5
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Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in intemediate fish hosts: factors contributing to the parasite infection and prey selection by the definitive bird host
Parasitology, year: 2004, volume: 129, edition: 6