Question: How does sexual ornamentation relate to parasite infection, host immune response and somatic condition status in male fish? Hypotheses: Zahavi’s (1975) handicap hypothesis proposes that producing secondary sexual traits represents a considerable handicap for males. Additionally, Hamilton and Zuk (1982) proposed that the expression of secondary sexual traits reveals a genetic resistanc...

In order to disentangle the contribution of host and parasite biology to host specificity, we compared the structure and population dynamics of the Gyrodactylus (von Nordmann, 1832) flatworm community living on sympatric three-spined Gasterosteus aculeatus L. and nine-spined Pungitius pungitius (L.) stickleback. Between April 2002 and March 2003, a small lowland creek was sampled monthly. Speci...

Theory predicts that sexual reproduction promotes disease invasion by increasing the evolutionary potential of the parasite, whereas asexual reproduction tends to enhance establishment success and population growth rate. Gyrodactylid monogeneans are ubiquitous ectoparasites of teleost fish, and the evolutionary success of the specious Gyrodactylus genus is thought to be partly due to their use ...

  Various parasite species were found in Carassius carassius including Diplostomum spathaceum, Dactylogyrus sp.,Gyrodactylus sp. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and Trichodinia sp . They were found in four rivers in West Azerbaijan Province (North-Western Iran) . A total of 207 live Carassius carassius from four rivers including Aras (72) Zariyneh (42) Nazlo (58) and Barandoz (35) were studied. Pa...

Divergent natural selection regimes can contribute to adaptive population divergence, but can be sensitive to human-mediated environmental change. Nutrient loading of aquatic ecosystems, for example, might modify selection pressures by altering the abundance and distribution of resources and the prevalence and infectivity of parasites. Here, we used a mesocosm experiment to test for interactive...

The anthelmintic activity of the eugenol against the fish parasite Gyrodactylus sp. was evaluated. After 1-h exposure to 5 and 10 mg/L eugenol, mortality of the parasites was near 80 and 90%, respectively. The concentrations used in the antiparasitic test were not toxic to Daphnia pulex (LC50 42.5 mg/L).

the studies of parasitology was performed on freshwater in farm ponds in isfahan province during the years of 2006- 2008 and in total were fished 150 fish from farm ponds of freshwater fish and dual purpose of agriculture of three regions in isfahan. the fish were 65 cyprinus carpio, 40 hypophthalmichthys molitrix and 45 ctenopharyngodon idella. the samples were taken to laboratory alive and af...

Event web site: http://www.oulu.fi/ltk/tutkimus/nobel Organizers: Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Biocenter Oulu, and Medical Research Center Oulu More information: Peppi Karppinen, [email protected] Where: Lecture Hall K101, Aapistie 7A When: Oct 3, 11:30 – 13:30 To whom: University and Hospital personnel, researchers, students © The Nobel Foundation ...

Gyrodactylus latus Bychowsky, 1933 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) was found on fins of Cobitis elongatoides Bacescu et Maier, 1969 (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from tributaries of the Stobrawa River (Odra Basin, Silesia, Poland). It is new to the Polish parasite fauna; its description, measurements, and figures are presented.