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Facultative Parasitism

Facultative Parasitism is a parasitic strategy in which the parasite is capable of completing its life cycle independently of a host but may exploit host resources when available, distinguishing it from obligate parasitism by its facultative dependence on host organisms.

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468

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228

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2017–2026

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Publications

161

Genome Sequence of an Obligate Intracellular Pathogen of Humans: <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i>

Richard S. Stephens, Sue Kalman, C. J. Lammel et al. · Science · 1998 · 1.6K citations

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The genomic basis of parasitism in the Strongyloides clade of nematodes

Vicky L. Hunt, Isheng Jason Tsai, Avril Coghlan et al. · Nature Genetics · 2016 · 280 citations · Full text

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Endosymbiotic Bacteria in Insects: Their Diversity and Culturability

Yoshitomo Kikuchi · Microbes and Environments · 2009 · 246 citations · Full text

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The Dynamics of Multiparasitoid-Host Interactions

Robert M. May, M. P. Hassell · The American Naturalist · 1981 · 218 citations

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The Evolution of Parasitism in Scrophulariaceae/Orobanchaceae: Plastid Gene Sequences Refute an Evolutionary Transition Series

Nelson D. Young, Kim E. Steiner, Claude W. dePamphilis · Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden · 1999 · 191 citations

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Authors

468

  1. JE
    John E. Bier

    Forest Research, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 169 citations

    7

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  2. SD
    SYDNEY DICKINSON

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    6 publications · 129 citations

    6

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  3. LT
    Lien T. Luong

    University of Alberta, Canada

    4 publications · 93 citations

    4

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  4. MP
    Marcin Padzik

    Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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  5. LC
    Lidia Chomicz

    Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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1–5 of 468

Institutions

228

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    402 citations

  2. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    189 citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    244 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    274 citations

  5. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    101 citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    17 publications

    262 citations

  7. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    143 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    136 citations

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Venues

  1. Canadian Journal of Botany

    15 publications · 413 citations

    13

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  2. Mycologia

    7 publications · 262 citations

    7

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  3. Journal of Phytopathology

    5 publications · 117 citations

    5

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  4. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 164 citations

    4

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  5. Journal of Parasitology

    4 publications · 122 citations

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