Behave in your parasite’s interest

How can your parasites become your allies?

Although parasitic infection is usually detrimental, it can be beneficial to the host in some situations. Parasites could help their host by providing a new function or modifying one of the host's life-history traits. We argue that the evolution towards a lasting mutualistic relationship would be more likely when parasites endow hosts with new abilities rather than alter a trait because hosts a...

This is Your Brain on Parasites.

Sustainable Integrated Parasite Management in Small Ruminant Parasites: These Ain’t Your Father’s Parasites

Do Cloacal Pathogenic Microbes Behave as Sexually Transmitted Parasites in Birds?

In birds, microparasites found in both the reproductive and the digestive tracts may be transmitted through copulations via cloacal contact (male-to-female and vice versa) and/or through the seminal fluid (mainly male-to-female). Most importantly, such cloacal microparasites are affected by and may in turn affect sexual selection processes and the evolution of mating systems. Here I provide pre...

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