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Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development

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Editors:
  1. Beth Okamura

    1. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Alexander Gruhl

    1. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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  3. Jerri L. Bartholomew

    1. Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. An Introduction to Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development

    • Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Jerri L. Bartholomew
    Pages 1-20

  3. Origins, Evolutionary Trends and Diversification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Myxozoan Affinities and Route to Endoparasitism

      • Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl
      Pages 23-44

    3. Cnidarian Origins of the Myxozoa

      • Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Abigail J. Reft
      Pages 45-68

    4. Adaptive Radiation and Evolution Within the Myxozoa

      • Ivan Fiala, Pavla BartoÅ¡ová-Sojková, Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen
      Pages 69-84

    5. Classification and Phylogenetics of Myxozoa

      • Ivan Fiala, Pavla BartoÅ¡ová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps
      Pages 85-110

    6. Approaches for Characterising Myxozoan Species

      • Stephen D. Atkinson, Pavla BartoÅ¡ová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps, Jerri L. Bartholomew
      Pages 111-123

    7. Myxozoans Exploiting Homeotherms

      • Sascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Csaba Székely
      Pages 125-135

  4. Development and Life Cycles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Cellular Processes in Myxozoans

      • Stephen W. Feist, David J. Morris, Gema Alama-Bermejo, Astrid S. Holzer
      Pages 139-154

    3. Tissue Characteristics and Development in Myxozoa

      • Alexander Gruhl, Beth Okamura
      Pages 155-174

    4. Myxozoan Life Cycles: Practical Approaches and Insights

      • Edit Eszterbauer, Stephen Atkinson, Arik Diamant, David Morris, Mansour El-Matbouli, Hanna Hartikainen
      Pages 175-198

  5. Host-Parasite Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Ecology and Evolution of Malacosporean-Bryozoan Interactions

      • Hanna Hartikainen, Beth Okamura
      Pages 201-216

    3. Annelid-Myxosporean Interactions

      • Julie D. Alexander, Billie L. Kerans, Mansour El-Matbouli, Sascha L. Hallett, Lori Stevens
      Pages 217-234

    4. Transmission of Myxozoans to Vertebrate Hosts

      • Dennis M. Kallert, Daniel S. Grabner, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mansour El-Matbouli, Edit Eszterbauer
      Pages 235-251

    5. Fish Immune Responses to Myxozoa

      • Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli, Jason W. Holland, Chris J. Secombes
      Pages 253-280

    6. Host and Environmental Influences on Development of Disease

      • Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli
      Pages 281-293

    7. Specificity of Infection Sites in Vertebrate Hosts

      • Kálmán Molnár, Edit Eszterbauer
      Pages 295-313
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About this book

This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians. Myxozoans are of fundamental interest in understanding how early diverging metazoans have adopted parasitic lifestyles, and are also of considerable economic and ecological concern as endoparasites of fish. Synthesizing recent research, the chapters explore issues such as myxozoan origins; evolutionary trends and diversification; development and life cycles; interactions with hosts; immunology; disease ecology; the impacts of climate change on disease; risk assessment; emerging diseases; and disease mitigation. This comprehensive work will appeal to a wide readership, from invertebrate zoologists, evolutionary biologists and developmental biologists to ecologists and parasitologists. It will also be of great practical interest to fisheries and conservation biologists. The identification of key areas for future research will appeal to scientists at all levels.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

    Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl

  • Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

    Jerri L. Bartholomew

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