Contact Information:   Dr. Janine N. Caira Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut 75 N. Eagleville Road, U-43 Storrs, CT 06269-3043 Tel: (860) 486-4060 Fax: (860) 486-6364 E-Mail: janine.caira@uconn.edu
EEB 245/245W example exams (Fall 2001): Exam 3 Exam 4 Answer Key: Problem Set 1 (Spring, 2004) Answer Key: Problem Set 2 (Spring 2004)	Baja expedition 1996. Front (L-R): Janine Caira, Kirsten Jensen (with Francis), Ash Bullard, Gavin Naylor. Back (L-R): Valerie McKenzie, Peter Olson, Sergio Klafke, George Benz, Paul Cislo, Bob Dubos, Gaines Tyler. (Not shown: Stephen Curran, Loren Caira, & Hector Postigio)

 

 Current Areas of Research:

Parasitology; Platyhelminth systematics and phylogenetics with emphasis on the cestodes of elasmobranchs; Host/Parasite evolution; Development; Evolution; Cladistics. 

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Selected Publications:

McKenzie, V. and J. N. Caira. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with description of their modes of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology. 84:409-421. 

Caira, J. N. and L. Euzet. 2001. On the age of the association between Ginglymostoma cirratum (nurse shark) and its tapeworms of the genus Pedibothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae): Implications from geography. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 72: 609-614.

Caira, J. N. and K. Jensen. 2001. An investigation of the coevolutionary relationships between onchobothriid tapeworms and their elasmobranch hosts. International Journal for Parasitology. 31: 959-975.

Caira, J. N., K. Jensen, and C. J. Healy. 2001. Interrelationships among tetraphyllidean and lecanicephalidean cestodes. In. Littlewood, D. T. J., Bray eds. Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes. Taylor and Francis. London. pp. 135-158.

Caira, J. N. and R. Tracy. 2002. Two new species of Yorkeria (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from Chiloscyllium punctatum (Elasmobranchii: Hemiscyliidae). Journal of Parasitology. 88: 1172-1180.

Caira, J. N., K. Jensen, and K. Holsinger. 2003. On a new index of host specificity. pp. 161-201. In. Taxonomy, Ecology, and Evolution of Metazoan Parasites. C. Combes & J. Jordan eds. Perpignan Press, Perpignan, France.