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    their young. The strategy appears among birds, insects and fish. The brood parasite manipulates a host, either of the same or of another species, to raise...
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    parasitic castrator, directly transmitted parasite, trophically transmitted parasite, vector-transmitted parasite, and micropredator. These are adaptive...
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    Parasite load is a measure of the number and virulence of the parasites that a host organism harbours. Quantitative parasitology deals with measures to...
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    Parasite-stress theory, or pathogen-stress theory, is a theory of human evolution proposing that parasites and diseases encountered by a species shape...
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    prominently include protozoa and bacteria, many of which are intestinal parasites, or invade the tissues or circulatory system through walls of the digestive...
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    Trichomonas vaginalis (category Parasites of humans)
    Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic, flagellated protozoan parasite and the causative agent of a sexually transmitted disease called trichomoniasis....
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    Borgonie G, García-Moyano A, Litthauer D, Bert W, Bester A, van Heerden E, Möller C, Erasmus M, Onstott TC (June 2011). "Nematoda from the terrestrial deep...
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    Livestock (redirect from Livestock parasite)
    Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke,V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United...
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    a result of developments in phylogenetic research. Lice are obligate parasites, living externally on warm-blooded hosts which include every species of...
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    described by Vieillard in 1861. The first definitive report that it was a parasite was in 1959. Molecular phylogenetic analysis also suggest affinities between...
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    Angiostrongylus cantonensis in hedgehogs from Mallorca". Parasite. 31: 69. doi:10.1051/parasite/2024069. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 11540299. PMID 39504471....
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    Feather hole (category Parasites of birds)
    Møller, A. P. (1991). Parasites, sexual ornaments and mate choice in the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica. In: Loye, J. E.; Zuk, M (eds) Bird-parasite interactions:...
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    including the handicap principle, condition-dependent trait expression, and parasite resistance models. A lek is a type of mating system characterized by the...
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    Argulus foliaceus (category Animal parasites of fish)
    infestations in which fish were coated in "several hundred" parasites before dying. Parasites infested 100% of the fish in a sample at a stricken carp farm...
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  • Tremella brasiliensis was first published in 1895 by German mycologist Alfred Möller as a variety of the superficially similar European species Tremella lutescens...
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    internal parasites existing within different hosts demonstrate allopatry, not sympatry. Today, however, many biologists consider parasites and their...
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    louse with many children". The parasite can infect most freshwater fish species and, in contrast to many other parasites, shows low host specificity. It...
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    Ceratophyllus gallinae (category Parasites of birds)
    Tripet, Frederic; Christe, Philippe; Moller, Anders Pape (2002). "The importance of host spatial distribution for parasite specialization and speciation: a...
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    Moksnes A, Røskaft E, Asmul M, Møller AP (November 2006). "Rapid increase in cuckoo egg matching in a recently parasitized reed warbler population". Journal...
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    new antimalarial agent, inhibits in vitro growth of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and protects mice from P. Yoelii infection". Antimicrobial...
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    Møller, A P (1991). "Parasites, sexual ornaments and mate choice in the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica". In Loye, J E; Zuk, M (eds.). Bird-parasite interactions:...
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    Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and...
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  • Dipteropeltis hirundo (category Animal parasites of fish)
    Nobre Carvalho; Kleber Del-Claro; Ricardo Massato Takemoto (2003). "Host–parasite interaction between branchiurans (Crustacea: Argulidae) and piranhas (Osteichthyes:...
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    reduce worldwide livestock headcounts by 7–10% by midcentury.: 748  Animal parasites and vector-borne diseases are also spreading further than they had before...
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    or left-coiling, shells. Species in this genus are sometimes hosts for parasites, constituting a link in the pathway of infection for higher animals. For...
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    Joanne; Jarman, Simon N. (6 April 2018). "New Determination of Prey and Parasite Species for Northern Indian Ocean Blue Whales". Frontiers in Marine Science...
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  • Tremella dysenterica was first published in 1895 by German mycologist Alfred Möller based on a collection made in Brazil. Fruit bodies are gelatinous, bright...
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    His father says no. Sir Alexander calls the spy and parasite Trapdoor, and sets him to follow Moll, get into her services, and find a way to destroy her...
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    parasite, benefits. Parasitism is a symbiosis, a long-term bond in which the parasite feeds on the host or takes resources from the host. Parasites can...
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    Wehrmacht with antisemitic propaganda: for example, the idea of Jews as parasites to be wiped out. Waldemar Besson: Zur Geschichte des nationalsozialistischen...
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