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Evidence for rapid downward fecundity selection in an ectoparasite (Philornis downsi) with earlier host mortality in Darwin’s finches

Fecundity selection is a critical component of fitness and a major driver of adaptive evolution. Trade‐offs between parasite mortality and host resources are likely to impose a selection pressure on parasite fecundity, but this is little studied in natural systems. The ‘fecundity advantage hypothesi...

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Autores principales: Common, Lauren K., O’Connor, Jody A., Dudaniec, Rachael Y., Peters, Katharina J., Kleindorfer, Sonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7217188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31961983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13588

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