title: Do lagomorphs play a relay role in the evolution of the Trichostrongyuna nematodes?
abstract: In order to confirm or refute the relay role of lagomorphs in the evolution of the Trichostrongylina (Nematoda), the following points were studied by summarizing previous works on the subject: the chronology of the life cycles (27 conducted in natural hosts, lagomorphs, ruminants or arvicolin rodents; 14 in experimental hosts); the parasitic phase in the experimental host and the adaptation involved; the migration of the parasites into the tissues of the host; the morphogenesis of larval stages and molecular phylogeny. These data confirm, in their entirety, that lagomorphs may be considered as "relay" hosts in the evolution of the Trichostrongylina.
authors.affiliation: Département Systématique et evolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR 7138 associée au CNRS, BP 52, 61, rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Audebert
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Durette-Desset
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D007793:Lagomorpha / Q000469:parasitology*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D009024:Morphogenesis; D011817:Rabbits / Q000469:parasitology; D012418:Ruminants / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000502:physiology*