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Article

Transmission Strategies Used by Gyrodactylus gasterostei (Monogenea) on Its Host, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

by
Mayra I. Grano-Maldonado
1,2,*,
Juan Moreno-Navas
3 and
Maria Amparo Rodriguez-Santiago
4
1
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad Regional Mazatlán, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Av. del Mar 1200, Flamingos, 82149 Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
2
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Paseo Claussen s/n. A. P. 610, 82000 Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
3
Grupo de Oceanografía Física, Universidad de Málaga, 29016 Málaga, Spain
4
CONACyT-Universidad Autónoma del Carmen, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Centro de Investigación de Ciencias Ambientales (CICA), Av. Laguna de Términos s/n Col. Renovación 2da Sección, 24155 Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico
*
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Fishes 2018, 3(2), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes3020020
Submission received: 27 February 2018 / Revised: 15 May 2018 / Accepted: 23 May 2018 / Published: 29 May 2018
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Abstract

The monogenean Gyrodactylus gasterostei and its host, the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, were employed as a model system to investigate the influence of gyrodactylid maturity on host transfer. Laboratory experiments included the determination of maturity (presence of a male copulatory organ) and reproductive status (presence of a daughter parasite) of the transmitting worms. Parasites with a male copulatory organ were more likely to abandon the host and attempt a host transfer. Additionally, in vivo video observation suggested that detached worms employ water turbulence to assist their effective transfer onto a new host.
Keywords: Gyrodactylus; transmission; Monogenea; Gasterosteus aculeatus; maturity; fish Gyrodactylus; transmission; Monogenea; Gasterosteus aculeatus; maturity; fish

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Grano-Maldonado, M.I.; Moreno-Navas, J.; Rodriguez-Santiago, M.A. Transmission Strategies Used by Gyrodactylus gasterostei (Monogenea) on Its Host, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Fishes 2018, 3, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes3020020

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Grano-Maldonado MI, Moreno-Navas J, Rodriguez-Santiago MA. Transmission Strategies Used by Gyrodactylus gasterostei (Monogenea) on Its Host, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Fishes. 2018; 3(2):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes3020020

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Grano-Maldonado, Mayra I., Juan Moreno-Navas, and Maria Amparo Rodriguez-Santiago. 2018. "Transmission Strategies Used by Gyrodactylus gasterostei (Monogenea) on Its Host, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus" Fishes 3, no. 2: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes3020020

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Grano-Maldonado, M. I., Moreno-Navas, J., & Rodriguez-Santiago, M. A. (2018). Transmission Strategies Used by Gyrodactylus gasterostei (Monogenea) on Its Host, the Three-Spined Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Fishes, 3(2), 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes3020020

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