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High levels of inbreeding with spatial and host‐associated structure in lice of an endangered freshwater seal

Host‐specialist parasites of endangered large vertebrates are in many cases more endangered than their hosts. In particular, low host population densities and reduced among‐host transmission rates are expected to lead to inbreeding within parasite infrapopulations living on single host individuals....

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Autores principales: Virrueta Herrera, Stephany, Johnson, Kevin P., Sweet, Andrew D., Ylinen, Eeva, Kunnasranta, Mervi, Nyman, Tommi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35726520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16569