A5023696683- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine and fisheries research
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Helminth infection and control
- Marine animal studies overview
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
2015-2025
University of Aberdeen
2014-2024
Nord University
2019-2024
Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland
2014-2017
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
2016
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center
2016
University College London
1991-2008
Natural History Museum
2000
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1999
University of Oxford
1992-1994
Abstract Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni . With World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global health problem by 2025, there is now renewed emphasis on snail control. Here, we characterize genome glabrata, lophotrochozoan protostome, and provide timely important information biology. We describe aspects phero-perception, stress responses, immune function regulation gene expression that support...
Restriction analysis had revealed only Mus domesticus mtDNA in house mouse populations northern Denmark, Sweden, and Finland, where the nuclear genomes are musculus. The goals of present study were to (1) test proposal that these Scandinavian musculus mice arose by a series founder island-hopping events from one or few near domesticus-musculus hybrid zone on East Holstein Peninsula Germany (2) see whether more than two types detected restriction existed among populations. Sequences 1...
Dramatic population declines among species of pelagic shark as a result overfishing have been reported, with some now at fraction their historical biomass. Advanced telemetry techniques enable tracking spatial dynamics and behaviour, providing fundamental information on habitat preferences threatened to aid conservation. We tracked movements the highest fisheries by-catch species, blue Prionace glauca, in North-east Atlantic using pop-off satellite-linked archival tags determine degree space...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 119:1-16 (2016) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02969 Fetal distress and in utero pneumonia perinatal dolphins during Northern Gulf Mexico unusual mortality event Kathleen M. Colegrove1,*, Stephanie Venn-Watson2, Jenny Litz3, Michael J. Kinsel2, Karen A. Terio2, Erin Fougeres4, Ruth Ewing3, D. Ann Pabst5, William...
Abstract Highly migratory, cosmopolitan oceanic sharks often exhibit complex movement patterns influenced by ontogeny, reproduction, and feeding. These elusive species are particularly challenging to population genetic studies, as representative samples suitable for inferring structure difficult obtain. Our study provides insights into the one of most abundant wide‐ranging shark species, blue Prionace glauca, sampling least mobile component populations, i.e., young‐of‐year small juveniles...
We present a novel approach to investigating sibling relationships and reconstructing parental genotypes from progeny array. The Bayesian method we have employed is flexible may be applicable variety of situations in addition the one presented here. While mutation rates breeding population allele frequencies can taken into account, model requires relatively few loci makes assumptions. Paternity 270 veined squid (Loligo forbesi) hatchlings three egg strings collected location was assigned...
The west European subspecies of house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) has gained much its current widespread distribution through commensalism with humans. This means that the phylogeography M. m. domesticus should reflect patterns human movements. We studied restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and DNA sequence variations in mitochondrial (mt) throughout British Isles (328 mice from 105 localities, including previously published data). There is a major mtDNA lineage revealed by...
Abstract Population substructure has important implications for a species' ecology and evolution. As such, knowledge of this structuring is critical the conservation management natural populations. Among marine mammals, many examples exist species that enjoy broad geographical distribution, yet are characterized by fine‐scale population subdivisions. Coastal bottlenose dolphins have been studied extensively in few regions globally, these studies highlighted great diversity both social...
The outcome of infection in the host snail Biomphalaria glabrata with digenean parasite Schistosoma mansoni is determined by initial molecular interplay occurring between them. mechanisms which schistosomes evade immune recognition to ensure survival are not fully understood, but one possibility that internal defence system manipulated schistosome enabling establish infection. This study provides novel insights into nature resistance and susceptibility B. at transcriptomic level...
Nuclear receptors (NRs) are transcription regulators involved in an array of diverse physiological functions including key roles endocrine and metabolic function. The aim this study was to identify nuclear the fully sequenced genome gastropod snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni compare these known vertebrate NRs, with a view assessing snail's potential as invertebrate model organism function, both prospective new test elucidate fundamental genetic...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 71:119-129 (2006) - doi:10.3354/dao071119 Identification genetic markers associated with Gyrodactylus salaris resistance in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar John Gilbey1,4,*, Eric Verspoor1,4, Tor Atle Mo2, Erik Sterud2, Kjetil Olstad2, 5, Sigurd Hytterød2, Catherine Jones3, Leslie Noble3 1Fisheries Research Services...
Abstract Background Biomphalaria glabrata is an intermediate snail host for Schistosoma mansoni , one of the important schistosomes infecting man. B. glabrata/S. provides a useful model system investigating intimate interactions between and parasite. Examining differential gene expression S. -exposed schistosome-resistant susceptible lines will identify genes pathways that may be involved in defences. Results We have developed 2053 element cDNA microarray containing clones from ORESTES (Open...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 406:265-279 (2010) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08500 Short-term movements and diving behaviour of satellite-tracked blue sharks Prionace glauca in northeastern Atlantic Ocean Nuno Queiroz1,2,3, Nicolas E. Humphries1, Leslie R. Noble3, António M. Santos2, David W. Sims1,4,* 1Marine Biological...
Trematode parasites share an intimate relationship with their gastropod intermediate hosts, which act as the vehicle for development and transmission. They represent enormous economic medical burden in developing countries, stimulating much study of snail–trematode interactions. Laboratory-maintained systems vitro cell cultures are being used to investigate molecular dialogue between host parasite. These dynamic finely balanced antagonistic relationships, strongly influence physiology host,...