T. Huyse

First evidence of a causal link between genetic variation and thermal adaptation in a schistosome host snail

This study identifies a genetic basis for thermal adaptation in Bulinus truncatus snails, showing how local adaptation influences survival, reproduction, and ecophysiological traits in response to temperature.

Host-microbiome transplants of the schistosome snail host Biomphalaria glabrata reflect species-specific associations

The paper demonstrates that Biomphalaria glabrata snails can acquire novel bacterial communities through microbiome transplants, with donor phylogenetic relatedness affecting recipient survival.

First record of monogenean fish parasites in the Upper Lufira basin (Democratic Republic of Congo): dactylogyrids and gyrodactylids infecting Oreochromis mweruensis, Coptodon rendalli and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

This study reports thirteen gill monogenean species and one stomach monogenean from three cichlid fish species in the Upper Lufira basin, highlighting new host and geographical records.

A new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infecting tilapias in Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe), with a discussion on its phylogenetic position

The paper describes a new species of Cichlidogyrus found on tilapia in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, and discusses its phylogenetic relationship with C. halli.

The first next-generation sequencing approach to the mitochondrial phylogeny of African monogenean parasites (Platyhelminthes: Gyrodactylidae and Dactylogyridae)

The paper uses next-generation sequencing to assemble mitochondrial genomes of four African monogenean parasites, analyzing gene sequences and order to resolve phylogenetic relationships and develop genetic markers.