The mutation process at microsatellite loci typically occurs at high rates and with stepwise
changes in allele sizes, features that may introduce bias when using classical measures of …

Hantaviruses are predominantly rodent‐borne pathogens, although recently novel shrew‐associated
hantaviruses were found. Within natural reservoir hosts, hantairuses do not cause …

Background High-throughput sequencing technologies offer new perspectives for
biomedical, agronomical and evolutionary research. Promising progresses now concern the …

Assessing diet variability is of main importance to better understand the biology of bats and
design conservation strategies. Although the advent of metabarcoding has facilitated such …

Schistosoma mansoni is the most widespread of the human‐infecting schistosomes, present
in 54 countries, predominantly in Africa, but also in Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, …

The human impact on natural habitats is increasing the complexity of human-wildlife
interactions and leading to the emergence of infectious diseases worldwide. Highly successful …

Genetic structure can be strongly affected by landscape features and variation through time
and space of demographic parameters such as population size and migration rate. The …

Parasite‐mediated selection on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes has mainly
been explored at the intraspecific level, although many molecular studies have revealed trans…

Background Rodents are major reservoirs of pathogens responsible for numerous zoonotic
diseases in humans and livestock. Assessing their microbial diversity at both the individual …

We explored a 13-year genetic survey of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and
neutral loci of the Soay sheep population of St Kilda to test the existence and causes of …