List of works - Karen D McCoy

100 million years of multigene family evolution: origin and evolution of the avian MHC class IIB.

scientific article

A transcriptome-based phylogenetic study of hard ticks (Ixodidae)

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

An experimental test of host specialization in a ubiquitous polar ectoparasite: a role for adaptation?

scientific article published on 27 January 2014

Assortative pairing in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae), the European vector of Lyme borreliosis.

scientific article

Changing distributions of ticks: causes and consequences.

scientific article

Comparative host-parasite population structures: disentangling prospecting and dispersal in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Cryptic vector divergence masks vector-specific patterns of infection: an example from the marine cycle of Lyme borreliosis

scientific article

Diversity and global distribution of the Coxiella intracellular bacterium in seabird ticks

scientific article published on 7 June 2014

Evidence of an interannual effect of maternal immunization on the immune response of juveniles in a long-lived colonial bird.

scientific article published in November 2007

Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks

scientific article

Exposure of black-legged kittiwakes to Lyme disease spirochetes: dynamics of the immune status of adult hosts and effects on their survival.

scientific article published on 19 March 2012

First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus halli).

scientific article published on 20 August 2014

Gene flow and adaptive potential in a generalist ectoparasite.

scientific article

Genetic structure of marine Borrelia garinii and population admixture with the terrestrial cycle of Lyme borreliosis.

scientific article published on 8 June 2011

Host race formation in the Acari.

scientific article

Host races in Ixodes ricinus, the European vector of Lyme borreliosis

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Host specialization in ticks and transmission of tick-borne diseases: a review

scientific article

Host specificity, pathogen exposure, and superinfections impact the distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes in ticks, roe deer, and livestock in a fragmented agricultural landscape.

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Host-parasite determinants of parasite population structure: lessons from bats and mites on the importance of time.

scientific article published in September 2009

Impact of life stage-dependent dispersal on the colonization dynamics of host patches by ticks and tick-borne infectious agents.

scientific article

Interannual dynamics of antibody levels in naturally infected long-lived colonial birds.

scientific article published on December 2007

Linking morphometric and genetic divergence with host use in the tick complex, Ornithodoros capensis sensu lato.

scientific article

Massive infection of seabird ticks with bacterial species related to Coxiella burnetii

scientific article

Meeting the challenge of tick-borne disease control: A proposal for 1000 Ixodes genomes

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

Migration, Prospecting, Dispersal? What Host Movement Matters for Infectious Agent Circulation?

scientific article published in June 2016

Niche Partitioning of Feather Mites within a Seabird Host, Calonectris borealis

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Outline-based morphometrics, an overlooked method in arthropod studies?

scientific article published on 9 August 2014

Population genetics and molecular epidemiology or how to "débusquer la bête".

scientific article published on September 2006

Population structure of the soft tick Ornithodoros maritimus and its associated infectious agents within a colony of its seabird host Larus michahellis

scientific article

Prevalence and diversity of Lyme borreliosis bacteria in marine birds

scientific article

Public information affects breeding dispersal in a colonial bird: kittiwakes cue on neighbours.

scientific article published on October 2008

Recent evolution of host-associated divergence in the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

scientific article published on 29 September 2009

Recurrent evolution of host-specialized races in a globally distributed parasite

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Relative fitness of a generalist parasite on two alternative hosts: a cross-infestation experiment to test host specialization of the hen flea Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank).

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Reproductive strategies of the seabird tick Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae)

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Rickettsia spp. in seabird ticks from western Indian Ocean islands, 2011-2012.

scientific article

Spatial genetic structure of the ectoparasite Ixodes uriae within breeding cliffs of its colonial seabird host

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Spatial variation of mercury contamination in yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) in the Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in December 2024

Sympatric speciation in parasites--what is sympatry?

scientific article

The High Diversity and Global Distribution of the Intracellular Bacterium Rickettsiella in the Polar Seabird Tick Ixodes uriae.

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Tracing the colonization and diversification of the worldwide seabird ectoparasite Ixodes uriae.

scientific article published on 19 June 2014

Trans-oceanic host dispersal explains high seabird tick diversity on Cape Verde islands.

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Wahlund effects and sex-biased dispersal in Ixodes ricinus, the European vector of Lyme borreliosis: new tools for old data.

scientific article

List of works by Karen D McCoy

100 million years of multigene family evolution: origin and evolution of the avian MHC class IIB.

A transcriptome-based phylogenetic study of hard ticks (Ixodidae)

An experimental test of host specialization in a ubiquitous polar ectoparasite: a role for adaptation?

Assortative pairing in Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae), the European vector of Lyme borreliosis.

Changing distributions of ticks: causes and consequences.

Comparative host-parasite population structures: disentangling prospecting and dispersal in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Cryptic vector divergence masks vector-specific patterns of infection: an example from the marine cycle of Lyme borreliosis

Diversity and global distribution of the Coxiella intracellular bacterium in seabird ticks

Evidence of an interannual effect of maternal immunization on the immune response of juveniles in a long-lived colonial bird.

Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks

Exposure of black-legged kittiwakes to Lyme disease spirochetes: dynamics of the immune status of adult hosts and effects on their survival.

First detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA in king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus halli).

Gene flow and adaptive potential in a generalist ectoparasite.

Genetic structure of marine Borrelia garinii and population admixture with the terrestrial cycle of Lyme borreliosis.

Host race formation in the Acari.

Host races in Ixodes ricinus, the European vector of Lyme borreliosis

Host specialization in ticks and transmission of tick-borne diseases: a review

Host specificity, pathogen exposure, and superinfections impact the distribution of Anaplasma phagocytophilum genotypes in ticks, roe deer, and livestock in a fragmented agricultural landscape.

Host-parasite determinants of parasite population structure: lessons from bats and mites on the importance of time.

Impact of life stage-dependent dispersal on the colonization dynamics of host patches by ticks and tick-borne infectious agents.

Interannual dynamics of antibody levels in naturally infected long-lived colonial birds.

Linking morphometric and genetic divergence with host use in the tick complex, Ornithodoros capensis sensu lato.

Massive infection of seabird ticks with bacterial species related to Coxiella burnetii

Meeting the challenge of tick-borne disease control: A proposal for 1000 Ixodes genomes

Migration, Prospecting, Dispersal? What Host Movement Matters for Infectious Agent Circulation?

Niche Partitioning of Feather Mites within a Seabird Host, Calonectris borealis

Outline-based morphometrics, an overlooked method in arthropod studies?

Population genetics and molecular epidemiology or how to "débusquer la bête".

Population structure of the soft tick Ornithodoros maritimus and its associated infectious agents within a colony of its seabird host Larus michahellis

Prevalence and diversity of Lyme borreliosis bacteria in marine birds

Public information affects breeding dispersal in a colonial bird: kittiwakes cue on neighbours.

Recent evolution of host-associated divergence in the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

Recurrent evolution of host-specialized races in a globally distributed parasite

Relative fitness of a generalist parasite on two alternative hosts: a cross-infestation experiment to test host specialization of the hen flea Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank).

Reproductive strategies of the seabird tick Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae)

Rickettsia spp. in seabird ticks from western Indian Ocean islands, 2011-2012.

Spatial genetic structure of the ectoparasite Ixodes uriae within breeding cliffs of its colonial seabird host

Spatial variation of mercury contamination in yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) in the Western Mediterranean

Sympatric speciation in parasites--what is sympatry?

The High Diversity and Global Distribution of the Intracellular Bacterium Rickettsiella in the Polar Seabird Tick Ixodes uriae.

The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

Tracing the colonization and diversification of the worldwide seabird ectoparasite Ixodes uriae.

Trans-oceanic host dispersal explains high seabird tick diversity on Cape Verde islands.

Wahlund effects and sex-biased dispersal in Ixodes ricinus, the European vector of Lyme borreliosis: new tools for old data.