Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Dennis Minchella

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Detwiler, J.T., A. Zajac, D.J. Minchella and L.K. Belden. 2012.  Revealing cryptic diversity in a definitive host: echinostomes in muskrats.  Journal of Parasitology (in press)

Gaspar, B.J., D.J. Minchella, G.C. Weaver, L.N. Csonka, and S. M. Gardner.  2012.  A proposal to engage first year biology majors in the process of science.  Science 335:1590-1591

Thiele, E.A. and D. J. Minchella.  2012.  Molecular assessment of trematode coinfection and intraspecific competition in molluscan intermediate hosts. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology (accepted)

Yiding, Y., Z. Feng, D. Xu, G. J. Sandland, and D.J. Minchella.  2012.  Evolution of host resistance to parasite infection in the snail-schistosome-human system.  Journal of Mathematical Biology 65:201-236

Xu, D., G.J. Sandland, D.J. Minchella, and Z. Feng.  2012.  Interactions among virulence, coinfection and drug resistance in a complex life cycle parasite.  Journal of Theoretical Biology 304:197-210

Jones-Nelson, O., E.A. Thiele, and D.J. Minchella.  2011.  Transmission dynamics of two strains of Schistosoma mansoni utilizing novel intermediate and definitive hosts.  Parasitology Research 109:675-687

Gaspar, B.J., L.N. Csonka, D.J. Minchella, G.C. Weaver, O.A. Adedokun, and S.M. Gardner.  2011.  Engaging students in novel research in an introductory biology laboratory course.  Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 12:100

Detwiler, J.T., Bos, D.H, Minchella, D.J. 2010. Revealing the secret lives of cryptic species: examining the phylogenetic relationships of echinostome parasites in North America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. in press. view article

Bos, D.H., Mayfield, C., Minchella, D.J. 2009. Analysis of regulatory protease sequences identified through bioinformatic data mining of the Schistosoma mansoni genome. BMC Genomics. 10: 488. view article

Marshall, J.C., Kingbury, B.A., Minchella, D.J. 2009. Microsatellite variation, population structure, and bottlenecks in the threatened copperbelly water snake. Conservation Genetics. 10: 465-476. view article

Gray, T., Detwiler, J.T., Minchella, D.J. 2009. Forming foci of transmission: the effects of resource utilization, species interaction, and parasitism on molluscan movement. Canadian Journal of Zoology . 87: 1024-1031. view article

Sandland, G.J., Wethington, A.R., Foster, A.V., Minchella, D.J. 2009. Effects of host outcrossing on the interaction between an aquatic snail and its locally adapted parasite.. Parasitology Research. 105: 555-561. view article

Detwiler, J.T., Minchella, D.J. 2009. Intermediate host availability masks the strength of experimentally derived colonization patterns in echinostome trematodes. International Journal of Parasitology. 39: 585-590. view article

Zavodna, M., Sandland, G., Minchella, D. J. 2008. Effects of intermediate host genetic background on parasite transmission dynamics: A case study using Schistosoma mansoni. Exp. Parasitol. 120: 57-61. view article

Thiele, E. A., Sorensen, R. E., Minchella, D. J. 2008. Genetic diversity and population structuring of Schistosoma mansoni in a Brazilian village. Int J Parasitol. 38: 389-399.

Rodrigues, N. B., Silva, M. R., Pucci, M. M., Minchella, D. J., Sorensen, R., Loverde, P. T., Romanha, A. J., Oliveira, G. 2007. Microsatellite-enriched genomic libraries as a source of polymorphic loci for Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular Ecology Notes. 7: 263-265.

Sandland, G. J., Foster, A. V., Zavodna, M., Minchella, D. J. 2007. Interplay between host genetic variation and parasite transmission in the Biomphalaria glabrata-Schistosoma mansoni system. Parasitol Res. 101: 1083-1089.

Sandland, G. J., Rodgers, J. K., Minchella, D. J. 2007. Interspecific antagonism and virulence in hosts exposed to two parasite species. J Invertebr Pathol. 96: 43-47.

Wethlngton, A. R., Zavodna, M., Smith, M. K., Oliveira, G., Lewis, F., Minchella, D. J. 2007. Population genetic structure of Biomphalaria glabrata in a schistosomiasis-endemic region in Brazil. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73: 45-52.

Zhang, P., Sandland, G. J., Feng, Z., Xu, D., Minchella, D. J. 2007. Evolutionary implications for interactions between multiple strains of host and parasite. J Theor Biol. 248: 225-240.

Sorensen, R. E., Rodrigues, N. B., Oliveira, G., Romanha, A. J., Minchella, D. J. 2006. Genetic filtering and optimal sampling of Schistosoma mansoni populations. Parasitology. 133: 443-451.

Xu, D. S., Curtis, J., Feng, Z., Minchella, D. J. 2006. On the role of schistosome mating structure in the maintenance of drug-resistant strains. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 68: 209-229.

Minchella, D. J. 2005. Presidential address. The role of variation in host-parasite interactions: linking genetic demes and life history schemes. J Parasitol. 91: 1246-1252.

Rodgers, J. K., Sandland, G. J., Joyce, S. R., Minchella, D. J. 2005. Multi-species interactions among a commensal (Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei), a parasite (Schistosoma mansoni), and an aquatic snail host (Biomphalaria glabrata). J Parasitol. 91: 709-712.

Xu, D., Curtis, J., Feng, Z., Minchella, D. J. 2005. On the role of schistosome mating structure in the maintenance of drug resistant strains. Bull Math Biol. 67: 1207-1226.

Sandland, G. J., Minchella, D. J. 2004. Life-history plasticity in hosts (Lymnaea elodes) exposed to differing resources and parasitism. 82: 1672-1677.

Sandland, G. J., Minchella, D. J. 2004. Context-dependent life-history variation in a pond snail (Lymnaea elodes) exposed to desiccation and a sterilizing parasite. Ecoscience. 11: 181-186.

Stohler, R. A., Curtis, J., Minchella, D. J. 2004. A comparison of microsatellite polymorphism and heterozygosity among field and laboratory populations of Schistosoma mansoni. Int J Parasitol. 34: 595-601.

Rowe, C., Ittiprasert, W., Patterson, C., Eliff, C., Page, K., Bandoni, S., Wilke, T., Minchella, D., Lewis, F., Knight, M. 2003. Use of microsatellite variation and RAPD-PCR to assess genetic polymorphism in Biomphalaria glabrata snails from a single locale in a schistosomiasis endemic area. Malacologia. 45: 149-166.

Sandland, G. J., Minchella, D. J. 2003. Costs of immune defense: an enigma wrapped in an environmental cloak?. Trends Parasitol. 19: 571-574.

Sandland, G. J., Minchella, D. J. 2003. Effects of diet and Echinostoma revolutum infection on energy allocation patterns in juvenile Lymnaea elodes snails. Oecologia. 134: 479-486.

Curtis, J., Sorensen, R. E., Minchella, D. J. 2002. Schistosome genetic diversity: the implications of population structure as detected with microsatellite markers. Parasitology. 125 Suppl: S51-59.

Eppert, A., Lewis, F. A., Grzywacz, C., Coura-Filho, P., Caldas, I., Minchella, D. J. 2002. Distribution of schistosome infections in molluscan hosts at different levels of parasite prevalence. J Parasitol. 88: 232-236.

Bieberich, A. A., Minchella, D. J. 2001. Mitochondrial inheritance in Schistosoma mansoni: mitochondrial variable number tandem repeat mutation produces noise on top of the signal. J Parasitol. 87: 1011-1015.

Curtis, J., Fraga, L. A., de Souza, C. P., Correa-Oliveira, R., Minchella, D. J. 2001. Widespread heteroplasmy in schistosomes makes an mtVNTR marker "nearsighted". J Hered. 92: 248-253.

Curtis, Jason, Sorensen, Robert E., Page, L. Kristen, Minchella, Dennis J. 2001. Microsatellite loci in the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni and their utility for other schistosome species. Molecular Ecology Notes. 1: 143-145.

Feng, Z., Curtis, J., Minchella, D. J. 2001. The influence of drug treatment on the maintenance of schistosome genetic diversity. J Math Biol. 43: 52-68.

Kloos, H., de Souza, C., Gazzinelli, A., Soares, B. S., Temba, P. D., Bethony, J., Page, K., Grzywacz, C., Lewis, F., Minchella, D., LoVerde, P., Oliveira, R. C. 2001. The distribution of Biomphalaria spp. in different habitats in relation to physical, biological, water contact and cognitive factors in a rural area in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 96: 57-66.

Sorensen, R. E., Minchella, D. J. 2001. Snail-trematode life history interactions: past trends and future directions. Parasitology. 123 Suppl: S3-18.

Curtis, J., Minchella, D. J. 2000. Schistosome population genetic structure: when clumping worms is not just splitting hairs. Parasitol Today. 16: 68-71.

Drew, A. C., Minchella, D. J., King, L. T., Rollinson, D., Brindley, P. J. 1999. SR2 elements, non-long terminal repeat retrotransposons of the RTE-1 lineage from the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Mol Biol Evol. 16: 1256-1269.

Drew, A. C., Brindley, P. J., Lewis, F. A., Liang, Y. S., Minchella, D. J. 1998. Tandemly repeated genomic sequence demonstrates inter- and intra-strain genetic variation in Schistosoma japonicum. Trop Med Int Health. 3: 373-380.

Fan, J., Minchella, D. J., Day, S. R., McManus, D. P., Tiu, W. U., Brindley, P. J. 1998. Generation, identification, and evaluation of expressed sequence tags from different developmental stages of the Asian blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 252: 348-356.

Sorensen, R. E., Curtis, J., Minchella, D. J. 1998. Intraspecific variation in the rDNA its loci of 37-collar-spined echinostomes from North America: implications for sequence-based diagnoses and phylogenetics. J Parasitol. 84: 992-997.

Sorensen, R. E., Kanev, I., Fried, B., Minchella, D. J. 1997. The occurrence and identification of Echinostoma revolutum from North American Lymnaea elodes snails. J Parasitol. 83: 169-170.

Bush, A. O., Caira, J. N., Minchella, D. J., Nadler, S. A., Seed, J. R. 1995. Parasitology year 2000. J Parasitol. 81: 835-842.

Minchella, D. J., Sollenberger, K. M., Pereira de Souza, C. 1995. Distribution of schistosome genetic diversity within molluscan intermediate hosts. Parasitology. 111 ( Pt 2): 217-220.

Cooper, L. A., Richards, C. S., Lewis, F. A., Minchella, D. J. 1994. Schistosoma mansoni: relationship between low fecundity and reduced susceptibility to parasite infection in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata. Exp Parasitol. 79: 21-28.

Keane, B., Waser, P. M., Creel, S. R., Creel, N. M., Elliott, L. F., Minchella, D. J. 1994. Subordinate reproduction in dwarf mongooses. Animal Behaviour. 47: 65-75.

Minchella, D. J., Eddings, A. R., Neel, S. T. 1994. Genetic, phenotypic, and behavioral variation in North American sylvatic isolates of Trichinella. J Parasitol. 80: 696-704.

Minchella, D. J., Lewis, F. A., Sollenberger, K. M., Williams, J. A. 1994. Genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni: quantifying strain heterogeneity using a polymorphic DNA element. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 68: 307-313.

Waser, P. M., Keane, B., Creel, S. R., Elliott, L. F., Minchella, D. J. 1994. Possible Male Coalitions in a Solitary Mongoose. Animal Behaviour. 47: 289-294.

Decker, M. D., Parker, P. G., Minchella, D. J., Rabenold, K. N. 1993. Monogamy in Black Vultures - Genetic-Evidence from DNA Fingerprinting. Behavioral Ecology. 4: 29-35.

Keane, B., Waser, P. M., Danzl-Tauer, L., Minchella, D. J. 1991. DNA Fingerprinting Estimating Background Band-Sharing in Banner-Tailed Kangaroo Rats. Animal Behaviour. 42: 141-143.

Minchella, D. J., Scott, M. E. 1991. Parasitism a Cryptic Determinant of Animal Community Structure. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 6: 250-254.

Rabenold, P. P., Piper, W. H., Decker, M. D., Minchella, D. J. 1991. Polymorphic Minisatellite Amplified on Avian W Chromosome. Genome. 34: 489-492.

Rabenold, P. P., Rabenold, K. N., Piper, W. H., Minchella, D. J. 1991. Density-Dependent Dispersal in Social Wrens Genetic Analysis Using Novel Matriline Markers. Animal Behaviour. 42: 144-146.

Zarlenga, D. S., Al-Yaman, F., Minchella, D. J., La Rosa, G. 1991. A repetitive DNA probe specific for a North American sylvatic genotype of Trichinella. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 48: 131-137.

Howard, R. D., Minchella, D. J. 1990. Parasitism and mate competition. Oikos. 58: 120-121.

Minchella, D. J., Branstetter, B. A., Kazacos, K. R. 1989. Molecular characterization of sylvatic isolates of Trichinella spiralis. J Parasitol. 75: 388-392.

Brown, K. M., Leathers, B. K., Minchella, D. J. 1988. Trematode Prevalence and the Population Dynamics of Freshwater Pond Snails. American Midland Naturalist. 120: 289-301.

Richards, C. S., Minchella, D. J. 1987. Transient non-susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni associated with atrial amoebocytic accumulations in the snail host Biomphalaria glabrata. Parasitology. 95 ( Pt 3): 499-505.

Richards, C. S., Minchella, D. J. 1986. Genetic Studies of Biphallic Biomphalaria-Glabrata. Malacologia. 27: 243-248.

Brown, K. M., Leathers, B. K., Minchella, D. 1985. Factors Controlling Natural Infection Levels of Fresh-Water Snails by Larval Trematodes. American Zoologist. 25: A24-A24.

LoVerde, P. T., DeWald, J., Minchella, D. J. 1985. Further studies of genetic variation in Schistosoma mansoni. J Parasitol. 71: 732-734.

LoVerde, P. T., DeWald, J., Minchella, D. J., Bosshardt, S. C., Damian, R. T. 1985. Evidence for host-induced selection in Schistosoma mansoni. J Parasitol. 71: 297-301.

Minchella, D. J. 1985. Host Life-History Variation in Response to Parasitism. Parasitology. 90: 205-216.

Minchella, D. J., Leathers, B. K., Brown, K. M., McNair, J. N. 1985. Host and Parasite Counteradaptations an Example from a Freshwater Snail. American Naturalist. 126: 843-854.

Minchella, D. J., Loverde, P. T. 1983. Laboratory comparison of the relative success of Biomphalaria glabrata stocks which are susceptible and insusceptible to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology. 86 (Pt 2): 335-344.

Minchella, D. J., Louerde, P. T. 1981. A Cost of Increased Early Reproductive Effort in the Snail Biomphalaria-Glabrata. American Naturalist. 118: 876-881.