Phylogenomic Analysis of Seal Lice Reveals Co-divergence with their Hosts

• Published in: Systematic Entomology
• Main Authors: Leonardi, María Soledad, Virrueta Herrera, Stephany, Sweet, Andrew, Negrete, Javier, Johnson, Kevin P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: PHYLOGENETICS; EVOLUTION; ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE; PINNIPEDS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Ferris; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/119422

Lice are considered a model system for studying the process of cospeciation because they are obligate and permanent parasites and are often highly host-specific. Among lice, species in the family Echinophthiriidae Enderlein (Anoplura) are unique in that they infest mammalian hosts with an amphibious...