Criscione C D
Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research. P.O. Box 760549, San Antonio, Texas 78245-0549, USA.
Parasite. 2008 Sep;15(3):439-43. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2008153439.
A co-structure study is a comparison of demographic and/or genetic structure between two or more species. Such a comparative analysis among a parasite and its host(s) or among multiple parasite species is useful to elucidate factors that shape genetic variation within and among parasite populations. I provide a brief review of how co-structure studies in parasite systems can be used to address ecological, evolutionary, and epidemiological questions. Subjects that can be addressed with parasite costructure studies range from broad-scale analyses that compare phylogeographical patterns to local scale analyses that examine among host transmission within a host population.
共结构研究是对两个或更多物种之间的人口统计学和/或遗传结构进行比较。在寄生虫与其宿主之间或多个寄生虫物种之间进行这样的比较分析，有助于阐明影响寄生虫种群内部和种群之间遗传变异的因素。我简要回顾了寄生虫系统中的共结构研究如何用于解决生态学、进化和流行病学问题。寄生虫共结构研究可以解决的问题范围广泛，从比较系统发育地理模式的大规模分析到研究宿主种群内宿主间传播的局部尺度分析。
