A double-edged sword: parental care increases risk of offspring infection by a maternally vectored parasite

Parental care can protect offspring from predators but can also create opportunities for parents to vector parasites to their offspring. We hypothesized that the risk of infection by maternally vectored parasites would increase with the frequency of mother–offspring contact. Ammophila spp. wasps (Hy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Millena, Rebecca Jean A., Rosenheim, Jay A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
Materias:
Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9156923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35642382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0007

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9156923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35642382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0007

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