Parasite Systematics and Genetics Diversity
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 372
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Zoonoses caused by parasites are characterized by a wide range of species, diverse clinical manifestations, and complex and changeable factors, which are difficult to effectively control and seriously threaten human and animal health. Parasites, however, are still one of the least studied groups in species inventory, despite the fact that it is estimated that parasitic species compose half of the Earth’s biodiversity.
As such, information on how to manage parasite biodiversity, including known and potential disease agents, is still fragmentary. A renewal of systematic parasitology has a critical role in redefining the relationship between humanity and the organisms whose biology fascinates us so much.
Research on parasite genetic diversity can provide theoretical support for the evolution of parasites and deepen our understanding of the biological origin of parasites. Every year, different diseases from parasites cause serious harm to animal/human health and the development of animal husbandry, which has led researchers to deepen their study, from genetic diversity to population genetics, from phylogenetics to evolution. These studies will accelerate our understanding of the genetic essence of hosts and parasites.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts mainly addressing the parasite diversity and ecology of poorly investigated hosts, parasite taxa description (preferably by means of molecular taxonomy), the molecular phylogenetics of kinds of parasites, and novel insights into host–parasite interaction.
Dr. Adriaan Engelbrecht
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- parasites
- helminths
- parasite ecology
- host–parasite relationships
- taxonomy
- systematics
- molecular phylogenetics
- integrative taxonomy
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