Are Sick Individuals Weak Competitors? Competitive Ability of Snails Parasitized by a Gigantism-Inducing Trematode

Parasitized individuals are often expected to be poor competitors because they are weakened by infections. Many trematode species, however, although extensively exploiting their mollusc hosts, also induce gigantism (increased host size) by diverting host resources towards growth instead of reproduct...

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Autores principales: Seppälä, Otto, Karvonen, Anssi, Kuosa, Marja, Haataja, Maarit, Jokela, Jukka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24205383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079366

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24205383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079366

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