Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology

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Autor(a) principal: Araújo,Adauto
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Jansen,Ana Maria, Bouchet,Françoise, Reinhard,Karl, Ferreira,Luiz Fernando
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Resumo: The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it difficult to trace the thresholds between benefit and damage, and therefore, the definitions of commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis become worthless. Therefore, the same concept of parasitism may encompass commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis. Parasitism is essential for life. Life emerged as a consequence of parasitism at the molecular level, and intracellular parasitism created evolutive events that allowed species to diversify. An ecological and evolutive approach to the study of parasitism is presented here. Studies of the origin and evolution of parasitism have new perspectives with the development of molecular paleoparasitology, by which ancient parasite and host genomes can be recovered from disappeared populations. Molecular paleoparasitology points to host-parasite co-evolutive mechanisms of evolution traceable through genome retrospective studies.
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spelling Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitologyevolutionpaleoparasitologyparasitisminfectious diseasesancient DNAorigin of parasitismThe parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it difficult to trace the thresholds between benefit and damage, and therefore, the definitions of commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis become worthless. Therefore, the same concept of parasitism may encompass commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis. Parasitism is essential for life. Life emerged as a consequence of parasitism at the molecular level, and intracellular parasitism created evolutive events that allowed species to diversify. An ecological and evolutive approach to the study of parasitism is presented here. Studies of the origin and evolution of parasitism have new perspectives with the development of molecular paleoparasitology, by which ancient parasite and host genomes can be recovered from disappeared populations. Molecular paleoparasitology points to host-parasite co-evolutive mechanisms of evolution traceable through genome retrospective studies.Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde2003-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000900003Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.98 suppl.1 2003reponame:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzinstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruzinstacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0074-02762003000900003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAraújo,AdautoJansen,Ana MariaBouchet,FrançoiseReinhard,KarlFerreira,Luiz Fernandoeng2020-04-25T17:49:10Zhttp://www.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php0074-02761678-8060opendoar:null2020-04-26 02:12:19.73Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruztrue
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
title Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
spellingShingle Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
Araújo,Adauto
evolution
paleoparasitology
parasitism
infectious diseases
ancient DNA
origin of parasitism
title_short Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
title_full Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
title_fullStr Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
title_full_unstemmed Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
title_sort Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
author Araújo,Adauto
author_facet Araújo,Adauto
Jansen,Ana Maria
Bouchet,Françoise
Reinhard,Karl
Ferreira,Luiz Fernando
author_role author
author2 Jansen,Ana Maria
Bouchet,Françoise
Reinhard,Karl
Ferreira,Luiz Fernando
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Araújo,Adauto
Jansen,Ana Maria
Bouchet,Françoise
Reinhard,Karl
Ferreira,Luiz Fernando
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv evolution
paleoparasitology
parasitism
infectious diseases
ancient DNA
origin of parasitism
topic evolution
paleoparasitology
parasitism
infectious diseases
ancient DNA
origin of parasitism
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it difficult to trace the thresholds between benefit and damage, and therefore, the definitions of commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis become worthless. Therefore, the same concept of parasitism may encompass commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis. Parasitism is essential for life. Life emerged as a consequence of parasitism at the molecular level, and intracellular parasitism created evolutive events that allowed species to diversify. An ecological and evolutive approach to the study of parasitism is presented here. Studies of the origin and evolution of parasitism have new perspectives with the development of molecular paleoparasitology, by which ancient parasite and host genomes can be recovered from disappeared populations. Molecular paleoparasitology points to host-parasite co-evolutive mechanisms of evolution traceable through genome retrospective studies.
description The parasite-host-environment system is dynamic, with several points of equilibrium. This makes it difficult to trace the thresholds between benefit and damage, and therefore, the definitions of commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis become worthless. Therefore, the same concept of parasitism may encompass commensalism, mutualism, and symbiosis. Parasitism is essential for life. Life emerged as a consequence of parasitism at the molecular level, and intracellular parasitism created evolutive events that allowed species to diversify. An ecological and evolutive approach to the study of parasitism is presented here. Studies of the origin and evolution of parasitism have new perspectives with the development of molecular paleoparasitology, by which ancient parasite and host genomes can be recovered from disappeared populations. Molecular paleoparasitology points to host-parasite co-evolutive mechanisms of evolution traceable through genome retrospective studies.
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