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Anthropogenics: human influence on global and genetic homogenization of parasite populations.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2014
Zarlenga Dante S, Hoberg Eric, Rosenthal Benjamin, Mattiucci Simonetta, Nascetti Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
The distribution, abundance, and diversity of life on Earth have been greatly shaped by human activities. This includes the geographic expansion of parasites; however, measuring the extent to which humans have influenced the dissemination and population structure of parasites has been challenging. In-depth comparisons among parasite populations extending to landscape-level processes affecting disease emergence...
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