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Lungworm seroprevalence in free-ranging harbour seals and molecular characterisation of marine mammal MSP.

Ulrich SA1, Lehnert K2, Rubio-Garcia A3, Sanchez-Contreras GJ3, Strube C4, Siebert U2.
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife.Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl.2016 Feb 19;5(1):48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2016.02.001. eCollection 2016.
Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are frequently infected with the lungworms Otostrongylus circumlitus and Parafilaroides gymnurus. The infection is often accompanied by secondary bacterial infections and can cause severe bronchopneumonia and even death in affected animals. Hitherto, the detection of l
PMID 26977405

The role of parasite-driven selection in shaping landscape genomic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica).

Wenzel MA1, Douglas A1, James MC1, Redpath SM1, Piertney SB1.
Molecular ecology.Mol Ecol.2016 Jan;25(1):324-41. doi: 10.1111/mec.13473. Epub 2015 Dec 12.
Landscape genomics promises to provide novel insights into how neutral and adaptive processes shape genome-wide variation within and among populations. However, there has been little emphasis on examining whether individual-based phenotype-genotype relationships derived from approaches such as genom
PMID 26578090

Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana.

Weirich JM1, Catzeflis F2, Jiménez FA1.
Parasite (Paris, France).Parasite.2016;23:9. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2016009. Epub 2016 Mar 8.
Based on the number and arrangement of cuticular ridges and configuration of the dorsal ray, nematode specimens collected from the small intestine of eight Guianan arboreal mice, Oecomys auyantepui (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), in French Guiana are herein described and characterized. Guerrerostrongylus
PMID 26956220