<p>Contents</p><p> </p><p>1 An introduction to myxozoan evolution, ecology and development</p><p>Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Jerri L. Bartholomew</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Part I: Origins, Evolutionary Trends and Diversification</p><p> </p><p>2 Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitism</p><p>Beth Okamura and Alexander Gruhl</p><p> </p><p>3 Cnidarian origins of the Myxozoa</p><p>Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl and Abigail J. Reft</p><p> </p><p>4 Adaptive radiation and evolution within the Myxozoa</p><p>Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen</p><p> </p><p>5 Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa</p><p>Ivan Fiala, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps</p><p> </p><p>6 Approaches for characterizing myxozoan species</p><p>Stephen D. Atkinson, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Christopher M. Whipps, Jerri L. Bartholomew</p><p> </p><p>7 Myxozoans exploiting homeotherms</p><p>Sascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Csaba Székely</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Part II: Development and Life Cycles</p><p> </p><p>8 Cellular processes in myxozoans </p><p>Stephen W. Feist, David J. Morris, Gema Alama-Bermejo and Astrid S. Holzer</p><p> </p><p>9 Tissue characteristics and development in Myxozoa</p><p>Alexander Gruhl and Beth Okamura</p><p> </p>10 Myxozoan life cycles: practical approaches and insights</p><p>Edit Eszterbauer, Stephen Atkinson, Arik Diamant, David Morris, Mansour El-Matbouli, Hanna Hartikainen</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Part III: Host-Parasite Interactions</p><p> </p><p>11 Ecology and evolution of malacosporean-bryozoan interactions</p><p>Hanna Hartikainen and Beth Okamura</p><p> </p><p>12 Annelid-myxosporean interactions</p><p>Julie D. Alexander, Billie L Kerans, Mansour El-Matbouli, Sascha L. Hallett and Lori Stevens</p><p> </p><p>13 Transmission of myxozoans to vertebrate hosts </p><p>Dennis M. Kallert, Daniel S. Grabner, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mansour El-Matbouli, Edit Eszterbauer</p><p> </p><p>14 Fish immune responses to Myxozoa </p><p>Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli, Jason W. Holland, Chris J. Secombes</p><p> </p><p>15 Host and environmental influences on development of disease </p><p>Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli</p><p> </p><p>16 Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hosts</p><p>Kálmán Molnár and Edit Eszterbauer</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Part IV: Disease Ecology</p><p> </p><p>17 Comparative epidemiology of myxozoan diseases</p><p>Inês Fontes, Sascha L. Hallett, and Tor Atle Mo</p><p> </p><p>18 Myxozoans on the move: dispersal modes, exotic species and emerging diseases</p><p>Sascha L. Hallett, Ashlie Hartigan and Stephen D. Atkinson</p><p> </p><p>19 Modeling the effects of climate change on disease severity: A case study of Ceratonova (syn Ceratomyxa) shasta in the Klamath River</p><p>R. Adam Ray, Julie D. Alexander, Patrick De Leenheer and Jerri L. Bartholomew</p><p> </p><p>20 Risk assessments and approaches for evaluating myxozoan disease impacts </p><p>Jerri L. Bartholomew and Billie Kerans</p><p> </p><p>21 Mitigating myxozoan disease impacts on wild fish populations</p><p>Simon R.M. Jones, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Jin Yong Zhang</p><p>
