Teacher
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MATTIUCCI Simonetta
(syllabus)
The nature of parasitism; The mechanisms of host-parasites co-adaptation; The biodiversity of the parasites life: the principal taxonomic groups of protistans, myxozoa, metazoa. Evolution and speciation; molecular systematics and phylogeny of marine parasites; host-parasites co-phylogenetic aspects; Ecology of marine parasites: life-cycles, competition, host preferences, geographical ranges; Parasites as biological indicators of the biology and ecology of their hosts; Parasite populations structure; Parasites as indicators of the ecosystem health; Zoonotic parasites of medical importance
(reference books)
Bush et al. Parasitism – The diversity and ecology of animal parasites; Rohde (1993)– Ecology of Marine Parasites; Rohde (2005) – Marine Parasitology
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