Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology

dc.creatorAraújo, Adauto
dc.creatorJansen, Ana Maria
dc.creatorBouchet, Françoise
dc.creatorReinhard, Karl
dc.creatorFerreira, Luiz Fernando
dc.date2019-09-20T18:38:33Z
dc.date2019-09-20T18:38:33Z
dc.date2003
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:20:31Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:20:31Z
dc.identifierARAUJO, Adauto et al. Parasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 98, suppl.1, p. 5-11, 2003.
dc.identifier0074-0276
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/35746
dc.identifier10.1590/s0074-02762003000900003
dc.identifier1678-8060
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8878085
dc.descriptionThe 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.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectEvolução
dc.subjectPaleoparasitologia
dc.subjectParasitismo
dc.subjectDoenças infecciosas
dc.subjectDNA antigo
dc.subjectOrigem do Parasitismo
dc.subjectEvolution
dc.subjectPaleoparasitology
dc.subjectParasitism
dc.subjectInfectious diseases
dc.subjectAncient DNA
dc.subjectOrigin of Parasitism
dc.titleParasitism, the diversity of life, and paleoparasitology
dc.typeArticle


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