Historical dispersal and host-switching formed the evolutionary history of a globally distributed multi-host parasite - the Ligula intestinalis species complex
M. Nazarizadeh, M. Novakova, G. Loot, N. P. Gabagambi, F. Fatemizadeh, O. Osano, B. Presswell, R. Poulin, Z. Vital, T. Scholz, A. Halajian, E. Trucchi, P. Kocova, J. Stefka
This study investigates the evolutionary history of the tapeworm Ligula intestinalis by analyzing mtDNA and SNP data, revealing multiple lineages and the role of historical dispersal and host-switching in its diversification.
bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2022Evolutionary Biology