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Reciprocal cross infection of sticklebacks with the diphyllobothriidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus reveals consistent population differences in parasite growth and host resistance

BACKGROUND: In host-parasite evolutionary arms races, parasites are generally expected to adapt more rapidly, due to their large population sizes and short generation times. There exist systems, though, where parasites cannot outpace their hosts because of similar generation times in both antagonist...

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Autores principales: Kalbe, Martin, Eizaguirre, Christophe, Scharsack, Jörn P., Jakobsen, Per J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26951744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1419-3