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Experimental evolution of specialization by a microsporidian parasite

BACKGROUND: Evolutionary theory predicts that the pressure for parasites to specialize on one host or to become generalists on a wide range of hosts is driven by the diversity or temporal variability of the host's population and by genetic trade-offs in the adaptation to different hosts. We giv...

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Autores principales: Legros, Mathieu, Koella, Jacob C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2891725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20509886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-159