Population genetics ofAnisakis simplex (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and their use as biological indicators of host stocks

Anisakis spp. larvae (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from Atlantic horse mackerel: Their genetic identification and use as biological tags for host stock characterization

“…larvae were first used to differentiate populations of herring Clupea harengus L. in the North Atlantic Ocean (Beverley-Burton, 1978). The results here obtained in the present study indicate that these genetic markers are very useful in the identification of larval stages of Anisakis spp., which lack morphological diagnostic characters at the species level.…”

Parasites as biological indicators of the population biology, migrations, diet, and phylogenetics of fish

“…Beverley-Burton and Pippy (1977) suggested that the mean body lengths of anisakid nematode larvae could be used to test hypotheses that two or more samples were drawn from the same host population, and Beverley-Burton (1978) investigated the acid phosphatase polymorphism of the same group of parasites as a possible means of distinguishing between populations of their fish hosts. The parasite should have significantly different levels of infection in the subject host in different parts of the study area, i.e.…”

Parasite Genotypes Identify Source Populations of Migratory Fish More Accurately Than Fish Genotypes

“…Here the broad geographical origins of fish are identified based on the presence or absence of parasite species. It has been suggested that genotypes of individual parasites of a single parasite species could be used to assign hosts to source populations even more accurately (Beverley-Burton 1978, Manel et al 2002. Indeed, if a parasite species is more finely subdivided among populations than its host, then one could potentially use the genotypes of individual parasites to assign hosts to their population of origin with higher probabilities than by using the host's own genotypes .…”