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Fitness costs of phoretic nematodes in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

Nicrophorus vespilloides is a social beetle that rears its offspring on decomposing carrion. Wild beetles are frequently associated with two types of macrobial symbionts, mites, and nematodes. Although these organisms are believed to be phoretic commensals that harmlessly use beetles as a means of t...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yin, Rozen, Daniel E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30680093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4570