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Martín García-Varela is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has a research focus primarily on parasitology and related biological sciences. Their work encompasses several main fields of study, including Environmental Science and Immunology and Microbiology, with subfields covering Ecology, Parasitology, Small Animals, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research topics are diverse within parasitology and host interactions, covering areas such as Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Bird parasitology and diseases, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Vector-borne infectious diseases, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

Martín García-Varela has published extensively in several venues, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • Journal of Helminthology
  • Parasitology International
  • Parasitology
  • Parasitology Research
  • Systematic Parasitology

Recent papers by Martín García-Varela include:

  • Genetic diversity and phylogeography of Corynosoma australe Johnston, 1937 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae), an endoparasite of otariids from the Americas in the northern and southern hemispheres, 2020, Parasitology International
  • First steps to understand the systematics of Echinorhynchidae Cobbold, 1876 (Acanthocephala), inferred through nuclear gene sequences, 2020, Parasitology International
  • Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala, 2023, Parasite

The frequent co-authors with whom Martín García-Varela has collaborated include:

  • Marcelo Tonatiuh González-García
  • Ana Lucia Sereno-Uribe
  • Leopoldo Andrade-Gómez
  • Alejandra López-Jiménez
  • Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

Best Publications

  • PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF PALAEACANTHOCEPHALA (ACANTHOCEPHALA) INFERRED FROM SSU AND LSU rDNA GENE SEQUENCES

    Martín García-Varela;Steven A. Nadler

  • Phylogenetic relationships among Syndermata inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences

    Martín García-Varela;Steven A. Nadler

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Acanthocephala based on analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences.

    M. García-Varela;G. Pérez-Ponce de León;P. de la Torre;M. P. Cummings

  • Bacterial 16S rRNA gene analysis revealed that bacteria related to Arcobacter spp. constitute an abundant and common component of the oyster microbiota (Tiostrea chilensis).

    J. Romero;M. García-Varela;J.P. Laclette;R.T. Espejo

  • Filling the gaps in the classification of the Digenea Carus, 1863: systematic position of the Proterodiplostomidae Dubois, 1936 within the superfamily Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886, inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences

    David Iván Hernández-Mena;Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Phylogenetic relationship among genera of Polymorphidae (Acanthocephala), inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Francisco J. Aznar;Steven A. Nadler

  • Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences supports the existence of class polyacanthocephala (acanthocephala)

    Martin Garcia-Varela;Michael P. Cummings;Gerardo Perez-Ponce de Leon;Scott Lyell Gardner

  • Using mitochondrial and ribosomal DNA sequences to test the taxonomic validity of Clinostomum complanatum Rudolphi, 1814 in fish-eating birds and freshwater fishes in Mexico, with the description of a new species.

    Ana L. Sereno-Uribe;Carlos D. Pinacho-Pinacho;Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Detecting a complex of cryptic species within Neoechinorhynchus golvani (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) inferred from ITSs and LSU rDNA gene sequences.

    Andrés Martínez-Aquino;Miriam E. Reyna-Fabián;Rogelio Rosas-Valdez;Ulises Razo-Mendivil

  • Validating the systematic position of Profilicollis Meyer, 1931 and Hexaglandula Petrochenko, 1950 (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) using cytochrome c oxidase (Cox 1).

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Streptomyces bangladeshensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, which produces bis-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate

    M. Abdul Alim Al-Bari;M. Shah Alam Bhuiyan;M. Shah Alam Bhuiyan;María Elena Flores;Pavel Petrosyan

  • Checklist of the Acanthocephala in wildlife vertebrates of Mexico

    Luis García-Prieto;Martín Garcia-Varela;Berenit Mendoza-Garfias;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León

  • Morphological and molecular differentiation of Parastrigea (Trematoda: Strigeidae) from Mexico, with the description of a new species.

    David Iván Hernández-Mena;Luís García-Prieto;Martín García-Varela

  • Species delimitation in trematodes using DNA sequences: Middle-American Clinostomum as a case study

    Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León;Martín García-Varela;Carlos D. Pinacho-Pinacho;Ana L. Sereno-Uribe

  • A hyper-diverse genus of acanthocephalans revealed by tree-based and non-tree-based species delimitation methods: Ten cryptic species of Neoechinorhynchus in Middle American freshwater fishes

    Carlos Daniel Pinacho-Pinacho;Martín García-Varela;Ana L. Sereno-Uribe;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Parasites of freshwater fishes and the Great American Biotic Interchange: a bridge too far?

    A. Choudhury;M. García-Varela;G. Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Using DNA barcoding to link cystacanths and adults of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus brevis in central Mexico.

    F. J. Alcántar-Escalera;M. García-Varela;E. Vázquez-Domínguez;G. Pérez-Ponce de León

  • Systematic position of Pseudocorynosoma and Andracantha (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Francisco J. Aznar;Steven A. Nadler

  • Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala

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  • Mitogenomic phylogeny of Acanthocephala reveals novel Class relationships

    Mohiuddin Gazi;Jiyeon Kim;Martín García-Varela;Chungoo Park

  • ERECTION OF IBIRHYNCHUS GEN. NOV. (ACANTHOCEPHALA: POLYMORPHIDAE), BASED ON MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA

    Martín García-Varela;Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León;Francisco J. Aznar;Steven A. Nadler

  • Streptomyces mexicanus sp. nov., a xylanolytic micro-organism isolated from soil.

    Pavel Petrosyan;Martín García-Varela;Agustín Luz-Madrigal;Carlos Huitrón

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León
Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León National Autonomous University of Mexico
Francisco Javier Aznar
Francisco Javier Aznar University of Valencia
Luis García-Prieto
Luis García-Prieto National Autonomous University of Mexico
Steven A. Nadler
Steven A. Nadler University of California, Davis
Michael P. Cummings
Michael P. Cummings University of Maryland, College Park
Gladis Fragoso
Gladis Fragoso National Autonomous University of Mexico
Edda Sciutto
Edda Sciutto National Autonomous University of Mexico
Juan J. Morrone
Juan J. Morrone National Autonomous University of Mexico
Juan Antonio Raga
Juan Antonio Raga University of Valencia
Scott Lyell Gardner
Scott Lyell Gardner University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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