title: Parasite systematics in the 21st century: opportunities and obstacles.
abstract: Thanks to the phylogenetic systematics revolution, systematic parasitology is poised to make significant contributions in tropical medicine and public health, biodiversity science, and evolutionary biology. At the same time, the taxonomic impediment is acute within parasitology. Both systematists and non-systematists must be interested in working towards common goals and establishing collaborative efforts in order to re-vitalize and re-populate systematic parasitology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada. dbrooks@zoo.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D010271:Parasites / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D010802:Phylogeny