List of works - D. Timothy J. Littlewood

A common origin of complex life cycles in parasitic flatworms: evidence from the complete mitochondrial genome of Microcotyle sebastis (Monogenea: Platyhelminthes).

scientific article

A phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes supports the division of Schistosoma intercalatum into two separate species.

scientific article

A revision of the interrelationships of Schistosoma including the recently described Schistosoma guineensis

scientific article published on 25 April 2006

A robust molecular phylogeny of the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) with a discussion on morphological synapomorphies ⬇️

scientific article

An integrated pipeline for next-generation sequencing and annotation of mitochondrial genomes

scientific article published on 5 November 2009

Analyses of mitochondrial amino acid sequence datasets support the proposal that specimens of Hypodontus macropi from three species of macropodid hosts represent distinct species

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

Animal Evolution: Last Word on Sponges-First?

scientific article

Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration: The DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial protocol

scientific article published on 18 January 2018

Assessment of the genetic relationship between Dictyocaulus species from Bos taurus and Cervus elaphus using complete mitochondrial genomic datasets

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Diphyllobothrium latum (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) - implications for the phylogeny of eucestodes.

scientific article

Complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear ribosomal RNA operons of two species of Diplostomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda): a molecular resource for taxonomy and molecular epidemiology of important fish pathogens

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Taenia multiceps, T. hydatigena and T. pisiformis: additional molecular markers for a tapeworm genus of human and animal health significance

scientific article

Detecting adaptive molecular evolution: additional tools for the parasitologist

scientific article published on January 2003

Distinct genetic diversity of Oncomelania hupensis, intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in mainland China as revealed by ITS sequences

scientific article published in 2010

Evolutionary analysis of mitogenomes from parasitic and free-living flatworms ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin: Findings from the DeWorm3 study

scientific article published on 17 August 2021

Integrated Approach Reveals Role of Mitochondrial Germ-Line Mutation F18L in Respiratory Chain, Oxidative Alterations, Drug Sensitivity, and Patient Prognosis in Glioblastoma

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Interrelationships and evolution of the tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda)

scientific article

Life cycle evolution in the digenea: a new perspective from phylogeny

scientific article published on January 2003

Macrobothriotaenia ficta (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor): example of convergent evolution

scientific article (publication date: 18 April 2013)

Mating behavior and the evolution of sperm design

scientific article

Mitochondrial gene order change in Schistosoma (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Schistosomatidae).

scientific article

Mitochondrial genes and genomes support a cryptic species of tapeworm within Taenia taeniaeformis

scientific article published on 28 April 2012

Mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus vasorum: comparison with congeners and implications for studying the population genetics and epidemiology of this parasite

scientific article published on 16 August 2012

Mitochondrial genomes of Anisakis simplex and Contracaecum osculatum (sensu stricto)--comparisons with selected nematodes

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

Molecular circumscription of new species of Gyrocotyle Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda) from deep-sea chimaeriform holocephalans in the North Atlantic

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Molecular data suggest that microsporidian parasites in freshwater snails are diverse

scientific article published in September 2005

Molecular evidence of cryptic diversity in Paracaryophyllaeus (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of loaches (Cobitidae) in Eurasia, including description of P. vladkae n. sp.

scientific article

Molecular evidence that the genus Cadenatella Dollfus, 1946 (Digenea: Plagiorchiida) belongs in the superfamily Haploporoidea Nicoll, 1914.

scientific article

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea).

scientific article published on September 2003

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda).

scientific article published in August 2009

Molecular phylogeny of the Bothriocephalidea (Cestoda): molecular data challenge morphological classification

scientific article

Morphological and molecular characterization of tetraphyllidean merocercoids (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Western Mediterranean.

scientific article published in April 2005

Next generation sequencing and comparative analyses of Xenopus mitogenomes

scientific article (publication date: 19 September 2012)

Orders out of chaos--molecular phylogenetics reveals the complexity of shark and stingray tapeworm relationships

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Orientobilharzia Dutt & Srivastava, 1955 (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae), a junior synonym of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

scientific article published on 13 May 2012

Paralogues of nuclear ribosomal genes conceal phylogenetic signals within the invasive Asian fish tapeworm lineage: evidence from next generation sequencing data

scientific article

Phylogenetic relationships of spatangoid sea urchins (Echinoidea): taxon sampling density and congruence between morphological and molecular estimates

scientific article published in September 2005

Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). ⬇️

scientific article

Problematica old and new

scientific article (publication date: 27 April 2008)

Proposal for a new tapeworm order, Rhinebothriidea

scientific article

Renal trematode infection due to Paratanaisia bragai in zoo housed Columbiformes and a red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra)

scientific article

Resolving difficult phylogenetic questions: why more sequences are not enough

scientific article published in March 2011

Robinia aurata n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from the mugilid Liza aurata with a molecular confirmation of its position within the Hemiuroidea

scientific article

Sequencing and annotation of mitochondrial genomes from individual parasitic helminths

scientific article published in January 2015

Systematics as a cornerstone of parasitology: overview and preface ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Testing the molecular clock: molecular and paleontological estimates of divergence times in the Echinoidea (Echinodermata).

scientific article published on 15 June 2006

The Importance of Fossils in Understanding the Evolution of Parasites and Their Vectors

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

The catholic taste of broad tapeworms - multiple routes to human infection

scientific article

The complete mitochondrial genome of Flustrellidra hispida and the phylogenetic position of Bryozoa among the Metazoa

scientific article published on 18 April 2006

The evolution of the animals: introduction to a Linnean tercentenary celebration

scientific article (publication date: 27 April 2008)

The first multi-gene phylogeny of the Macrostomorpha sheds light on the evolution of sexual and asexual reproduction in basal Platyhelminthes

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

The mitochondrial genome of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus-diagnostic, epidemiological and systematic implications

scientific article published on 9 November 2012

The mitochondrial genome of Gyrodactylus salaris (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea), a pathogen of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

scientific article

The mitochondrial genome of Parascaris univalens--implications for a "forgotten" parasite

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

The mitochondrial genome of Priapulus caudatus Lamarck (Priapulida: Priapulidae).

scientific article

The mitochondrial genome of Toxocara canis

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

The mitochondrial genomes of Ancylostoma caninum and Bunostomum phlebotomum--two hookworms of animal health and zoonotic importance

scientific article

The molecular phylogeny of the digenean family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 and the value of morphological characters, with the erection of a new subfamily

scientific article

The phylogenetic position of Acoela as revealed by the complete mitochondrial genome of Symsagittifera roscoffensis

scientific article

The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

scientific article

The systematics of Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776 (Acanthocephala, Echinorhynchidae) elucidated by nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data from eight European taxa

scientific article

Toward next-generation sequencing of mitochondrial genomes--focus on parasitic worms of animals and biotechnological implications

scientific article published on January 2010

Using 454 technology for long-PCR based sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome from single Haemonchus contortus (Nematoda).

scientific article published on 11 January 2008

When proglottids and scoleces conflict: phylogenetic relationships and a family-level classification of the Lecanicephalidea (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda).

scientific article

Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics ⬇️

scientific article published on September 28, 2010

Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora

scientific article published in September 2004

Xenoturbella is a deuterostome that eats molluscs

scientific article

List of works by D. Timothy J. Littlewood

A common origin of complex life cycles in parasitic flatworms: evidence from the complete mitochondrial genome of Microcotyle sebastis (Monogenea: Platyhelminthes).

A phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes supports the division of Schistosoma intercalatum into two separate species.

A revision of the interrelationships of Schistosoma including the recently described Schistosoma guineensis

A robust molecular phylogeny of the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes: Seriata) with a discussion on morphological synapomorphies ⬇️

An integrated pipeline for next-generation sequencing and annotation of mitochondrial genomes

Analyses of mitochondrial amino acid sequence datasets support the proposal that specimens of Hypodontus macropi from three species of macropodid hosts represent distinct species

Animal Evolution: Last Word on Sponges-First?

Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration: The DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial protocol

Assessment of the genetic relationship between Dictyocaulus species from Bos taurus and Cervus elaphus using complete mitochondrial genomic datasets

Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Diphyllobothrium latum (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) - implications for the phylogeny of eucestodes.

Complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear ribosomal RNA operons of two species of Diplostomum (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda): a molecular resource for taxonomy and molecular epidemiology of important fish pathogens

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Taenia multiceps, T. hydatigena and T. pisiformis: additional molecular markers for a tapeworm genus of human and animal health significance

Detecting adaptive molecular evolution: additional tools for the parasitologist

Distinct genetic diversity of Oncomelania hupensis, intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in mainland China as revealed by ITS sequences

Evolutionary analysis of mitogenomes from parasitic and free-living flatworms ⬇️

Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin: Findings from the DeWorm3 study

Integrated Approach Reveals Role of Mitochondrial Germ-Line Mutation F18L in Respiratory Chain, Oxidative Alterations, Drug Sensitivity, and Patient Prognosis in Glioblastoma

Interrelationships and evolution of the tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda)

Life cycle evolution in the digenea: a new perspective from phylogeny

Macrobothriotaenia ficta (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor): example of convergent evolution

Mating behavior and the evolution of sperm design

Mitochondrial gene order change in Schistosoma (Platyhelminthes: Digenea: Schistosomatidae).

Mitochondrial genes and genomes support a cryptic species of tapeworm within Taenia taeniaeformis

Mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus vasorum: comparison with congeners and implications for studying the population genetics and epidemiology of this parasite

Mitochondrial genomes of Anisakis simplex and Contracaecum osculatum (sensu stricto)--comparisons with selected nematodes

Molecular circumscription of new species of Gyrocotyle Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda) from deep-sea chimaeriform holocephalans in the North Atlantic

Molecular data suggest that microsporidian parasites in freshwater snails are diverse

Molecular evidence of cryptic diversity in Paracaryophyllaeus (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of loaches (Cobitidae) in Eurasia, including description of P. vladkae n. sp.

Molecular evidence that the genus Cadenatella Dollfus, 1946 (Digenea: Plagiorchiida) belongs in the superfamily Haploporoidea Nicoll, 1914.

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea).

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda).

Molecular phylogeny of the Bothriocephalidea (Cestoda): molecular data challenge morphological classification

Morphological and molecular characterization of tetraphyllidean merocercoids (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Western Mediterranean.

Next generation sequencing and comparative analyses of Xenopus mitogenomes

Orders out of chaos--molecular phylogenetics reveals the complexity of shark and stingray tapeworm relationships

Orientobilharzia Dutt & Srivastava, 1955 (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae), a junior synonym of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

Paralogues of nuclear ribosomal genes conceal phylogenetic signals within the invasive Asian fish tapeworm lineage: evidence from next generation sequencing data

Phylogenetic relationships of spatangoid sea urchins (Echinoidea): taxon sampling density and congruence between morphological and molecular estimates

Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). ⬇️

Problematica old and new

Proposal for a new tapeworm order, Rhinebothriidea

Renal trematode infection due to Paratanaisia bragai in zoo housed Columbiformes and a red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra)

Resolving difficult phylogenetic questions: why more sequences are not enough

Robinia aurata n. g., n. sp. (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from the mugilid Liza aurata with a molecular confirmation of its position within the Hemiuroidea

Sequencing and annotation of mitochondrial genomes from individual parasitic helminths

Systematics as a cornerstone of parasitology: overview and preface ⬇️

Testing the molecular clock: molecular and paleontological estimates of divergence times in the Echinoidea (Echinodermata).

The Importance of Fossils in Understanding the Evolution of Parasites and Their Vectors

The catholic taste of broad tapeworms - multiple routes to human infection

The complete mitochondrial genome of Flustrellidra hispida and the phylogenetic position of Bryozoa among the Metazoa

The evolution of the animals: introduction to a Linnean tercentenary celebration

The first multi-gene phylogeny of the Macrostomorpha sheds light on the evolution of sexual and asexual reproduction in basal Platyhelminthes

The mitochondrial genome of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus-diagnostic, epidemiological and systematic implications

The mitochondrial genome of Gyrodactylus salaris (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea), a pathogen of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

The mitochondrial genome of Parascaris univalens--implications for a "forgotten" parasite

The mitochondrial genome of Priapulus caudatus Lamarck (Priapulida: Priapulidae).

The mitochondrial genome of Toxocara canis

The mitochondrial genomes of Ancylostoma caninum and Bunostomum phlebotomum--two hookworms of animal health and zoonotic importance

The molecular phylogeny of the digenean family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 and the value of morphological characters, with the erection of a new subfamily

The phylogenetic position of Acoela as revealed by the complete mitochondrial genome of Symsagittifera roscoffensis

The phylogeny of the Schistosomatidae based on three genes with emphasis on the interrelationships of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858.

The systematics of Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776 (Acanthocephala, Echinorhynchidae) elucidated by nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data from eight European taxa

Toward next-generation sequencing of mitochondrial genomes--focus on parasitic worms of animals and biotechnological implications

Using 454 technology for long-PCR based sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome from single Haemonchus contortus (Nematoda).

When proglottids and scoleces conflict: phylogenetic relationships and a family-level classification of the Lecanicephalidea (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda).

Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics ⬇️

Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora

Xenoturbella is a deuterostome that eats molluscs