@article{7053554,
  abstract     = {{Host–parasite interactions are ubiquitous in nature. However, how parasite population genetic structure is shaped by the interaction between host and parasite life history remains understudied. Studies comparing multiple parasites infecting a single host can be used to investigate how different parasite life history traits interplay with host behaviour and life history. In this study, we used 10 newly developed microsatellite loci to investigate the genetic structure of a parasitic bat fly (Basilia nana). Its host, the Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteinii), has a social system and roosting behaviour that restrict opportunities for parasite transmission. We compared fly genetic structure to that of the host and another parasite, the wing-mite, Spinturnix bechsteini. We found little spatial or temporal genetic structure in B. nana, suggesting a large, stable popula- tion with frequent genetic exchange between fly populations from different bat colo- nies. This contrasts sharply with the genetic structure of the wing-mite, which is highly substructured between the same bat colonies as well as temporally unstable. Our results suggest that although host and parasite life history interact to yield similar transmission patterns in both parasite species, the level of gene flow and eventual spa- tiotemporal genetic stability is differentially affected. This can be explained by the dif- ferences in generation time and winter survival between the flies and wing-mites. Our study thus exemplifies that the population genetic structure of parasites on a single host can vary strongly as a result of how their individual life history characteristics interact with host behaviour and life history traits.}},
  author       = {{Van Schaik, Jaap and Dekeukeleire, Daan and Kerth, Gerald}},
  issn         = {{0962-1083}},
  journal      = {{MOLECULAR ECOLOGY}},
  keywords     = {{DISEASE,DISPERSAL,NYCTERIBIIDAE,SPECIFICITY,IXODES-URIAE,SEABIRD HOST,MYOTIS-BECHSTEINII,CLOSED SOCIETIES,SOCIAL SYSTEM,BECHSTEINS BATS,social system,Myotis bechsteinii,life history,host-parasite interactions,population genetics,empirical,Basilia nana}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2324--2335}},
  title        = {{Host and parasite life history interplay to yield divergent population genetic structures in two ectoparasites living on the same bat species}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13171}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}

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