Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism

Chapter 1. The fossil record of parasitism: Its extent and taphonomic constraints.- Chapter 2. Importance of data on fossil symbioses for parasite-host evolution.- Chapter 3. Biodiversity and host-parasite (co)extinction.- Chapter 4. Evolutionary history of colonial organisms as hosts and parasites.- Chapter 5. Crustaceans as hosts of parasites throughout the Phanerozoic.- Chapter 6. Trilobites as hosts for parasites: From paleopathologies to ethiologies.- Chapter 7. Evolutionary history of cephalopod pathologies linked with parasitism.- Chapter 8. Bivalve Mollusks as Hosts in the Fossil Record.- Chapter 9. Parasitism of Paleozoic Crinoids and Related Stalked Echinoderms: Paleopathology, Ichnology, Co-Evolution, and Evolutionary Paleoecology.- Chapter 10. Deep origin of parasitic disease in vertebrates.- Chapter 11. Gastrointestinal parasites of ancient non-human vertebrates: Evidence from coprolites and other materials.- Chapter 12. Blood to Molecules: The Fossil Record of Blood and its Constituents.- Chapter 13. The Molecular Clock as a Tool for Understanding Host-Parasite Evolution.- Chapter 14. Horizontal Transfer of Transposons as Genomic Fossils of Host-Parasite Interactions.

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• Virologia (não médica)
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• Parasitologia (não médica)
• Paleontologia
• Evolução
• Patologia

Identifying parasitism in the fossil record;viral fossils;Protistan parasites;Insects as parasitoids and parasites;extinct lineages of parasites;Evolutionary history;Co-divergence;host response;Paleoparasitology techniques;Parasite-induced traces;Molecular perspectives