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Title Myxozoan evolution, ecology and development / Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Jerri L. Bartholomew, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland ; New York : Springer, [2015]
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Description xiii, 441 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Contents 1. An introduction to myxozoan evolution, ecology and development / Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, and Jerri L. Bartholomew -- Part I. Origins, Evolutionary Trends and Diversification. 2. Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitism / Beth Okamura and Alexander Gruhl ; 3. Cnidarian origins of the Myxozoa / Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, and Abigail J. Reft ; 4. Adaptive radiation and evolution within the Myxozoa / Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Beth Okamura, and Hanna Hartikainen ; 5. Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa / Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, and Christopher M. Whipps ; 6. Approaches for characterising myxozoan species / Stephen D. Atkinson, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps, and Jerri L. Bartholomew ; 7. Myxozoans exploiting homeotherms / Sascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew, and Csaba Székely -- Part II. Development and Life Cycles. 8. Cellular processes in myxozoans / Stephen W. Feist, David J. Morris, Gema Alama-Bermejo, and Astrid S. Holzer ; 9. Tissue characteristics and development in Myxozoa / Alexander Gruhl and Beth Okamura ; 10. Myxozoan life cycles : practical approaches and insights / Edit Eszterbauer, Stephen Atkinson, Arik Diamant, David Morris, Mansour El-Matbouli, and Hanna Hartikainen -- Part III. Host-Parasite Interactions. 11. Ecology and evolution of malacosporean-bryozoan interactions / Hanna Hartikainen and Beth Okamura ; 12. Annelid-myxosporean interactions / Julie D. Alexander, Billie L. Kerans, Mansour El-Matbouli, Sascha L. Hallett, and Lori Stevens ; 13. Transmission of myxozoans to vertebrate hosts / Dennis M. Kallert, Daniel S. Grabner, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mansour El-Matbouli, and Edit Eszterbauer ; 14. Fish immune responses to Myxozoa / Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli, Jason W. Holland, and Chris J. Secombes ; 15. Host and environmental influences on development of disease / Heike Schmidt-Posthaus and Thomas Wahli ; 16. Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hosts / Kálmán Molnár and Edit Eszterbauer -- Part IV. Disease Ecology. 17. Comparative epidemiology of myxozoan diseases / Inês Fontes, Sascha L. Hallett, and Tor Atle Mo ; 18. Myxozoans on the move : dispersal modes, exotic species and emerging diseases / Sascha L. Hallett, Ashlie Hartigan, and Stephen D. Atkinson ; 19. Modeling the effects of climate change on disease severity : a case study of Ceratonova (syn Ceratomyxa) shasta in the Klamath River / R. Adam Ray, Julie D. Alexander, Patrick De Leenheer, and Jerri L. Bartholomew ; 20. Risk assessments and approaches for evaluating myxozoan disease impacts / Jerri L. Bartholomew and Billie Kerans ; 21. Mitigating myxozoan disease impacts on wild fish populations / Simon R.M. Jones, Jerri L. Bartholomew, and Jin Yong Zhang
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Myxozoa.
Myxozoa -- Evolution.
Myxozoa -- Ecology.
Fishes -- Parasites.
Bryozoa -- Parasites.
Parasites -- Ecology.
Cnidaria -- Evolution.
Aquatic invertebrates -- Ecology.
Author Okamura, Beth, editor of compilation
Gruhl, Alexander, editor of compilation
Bartholomew, J. L., editor of compilation
ISBN 3319147528
9783319147529