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dc.contributor.author | KMENTOVA, Nikol | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gelnar, Milan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mendlova, Monika | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN STEENBERGE, Maarten | - |
dc.contributor.author | Koblmüller, Stephan | - |
dc.contributor.author | VANHOVE, Maarten | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T09:29:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T09:29:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 (Art N° 39605) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/23313 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Lake Tanganyika is well-known for its high species-richness and rapid radiation processes. Its assemblage of cichlid fishes recently gained momentum as a framework to study parasite ecology and evolution. It offers a rare chance to investigate the influence of a deepwater lifestyle in a freshwater fish-parasite system. Our study represents the first investigation of parasite intraspecific genetic structure related to host specificity in the lake. It focused on the monogenean flatworm Cichlidogyrus casuarinus infecting deepwater cichlids belonging to Bathybates and Hemibates. Morphological examination of C. casuarinus had previously suggested a broad host range, while the lake's other Cichlidogyrus species are usually host specific. However, ongoing speciation or cryptic diversity could not be excluded. To distinguish between these hypotheses, we analysed intraspecific diversity of C. casuarinus. Monogeneans from nearly all representatives of the host genera were examined using morphometrics, geomorphometrics and genetics. We confirmed the low host-specificity of C. casuarinus based on morphology and nuclear DNA. Yet, intraspecific variation of sclerotized structures was observed. Nevertheless, the highly variable mitochondrial DNA indicated recent population expansion, but no ongoing parasite speciation, confirming, for the first time in freshwater, reduced parasite host specificity in the deepwater realm, probably an adaptation to low host availability. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to thank the following people for their contribution to the field work: Andrea Vetesnikova-Simkova, Eva Rehulkova, Sarka Masova, Iva Prikrylova, Veronika Nezhybova, Radim Blazek, Gaspard Banyankimbona, Fidel Muterezi Bukinga, Constantin Amundala Shekani, Donatien Muzumani Risasi, Theophile Mulimbwa N'sibula, Joseph Mbirize Ndalozibwa, Axel Meyer, Christian Sturmbauer, Martin Reichard, the Schreyen-Brichard family and the technical staff of Fishes of Burundi. We are grateful to Ad Konings (Cichlid Press) for providing us with fish pictures. Daniel R. Brooks and Walter A. Boeger are acknowledged for useful comments on this study. We also thank Tine Huyse, Jos Snoeks, Miguel Parrent (RMCA) and people in the parasitological group, Masaryk University, Brno for their hospitality and the RMCA for providing access to the collections. Research was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (GBP505/12/G112 - ECIP). | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.title | Reduced host-specificity in a parasite infecting non-littoral Lake Tanganyika cichlids evidenced by intraspecific morphological and genetic diversity | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 6 | - |
local.format.pages | 15 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | [Kmentova, Nikol; Gelnar, Milan; Mendlov, Monika; Vanhove, Maarten P. M.] Masaryk Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Bot & Zool, Kotlarska 2, CS-61137 Brno, Czech Republic. [Van Steenberge, Maarten; Vanhove, Maarten P. M.] Royal Museum Cent Africa, Biol Dept, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium. [Van Steenberge, Maarten; Koblmueller, Stephan] Graz Univ, Inst Zool, Univ Pl 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria. [Van Steenberge, Maarten; Vanhove, Maarten P. M.] Univ Leuven, Lab Biodivers & Evolutionary Genom, Dept Biol, Ch Deberiotstr 32, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. [Koblmueller, Stephan] Acad Sci Czech Republic, Inst Vertebrate Biol, Kvetna 8, CS-60365 Brno, Czech Republic. [Vanhove, Maarten P. M.] Hasselt Univ, Ctr Environm Sci, Res Grp Zool Biodivers & Toxicol, Agoralaan Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. [Vanhove, Maarten P. M.] Royal Belgian Inst Nat Sci, Capac Biodivers & Sustainable Dev, Operat Directorate Nat Environm, Vautierstr 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. | - |
local.publisher.place | LONDON | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 39605 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/srep39605 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000390268100001 | - |
item.fullcitation | KMENTOVA, Nikol; Gelnar, Milan; Mendlova, Monika; VAN STEENBERGE, Maarten; Koblmüller, Stephan & VANHOVE, Maarten (2016) Reduced host-specificity in a parasite infecting non-littoral Lake Tanganyika cichlids evidenced by intraspecific morphological and genetic diversity. In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 (Art N° 39605). | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2018 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
item.contributor | KMENTOVA, Nikol | - |
item.contributor | Gelnar, Milan | - |
item.contributor | Mendlova, Monika | - |
item.contributor | VAN STEENBERGE, Maarten | - |
item.contributor | Koblmüller, Stephan | - |
item.contributor | VANHOVE, Maarten | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 2045-2322 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 2045-2322 | - |
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