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Do hosts and parasites coevolve? Empirical support from the Schistosoma system.

The American naturalist - 1 Nov 2004

Webster J P, Gower C M, Blair L

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Coevolution between host and parasite is, in principle, a powerful determinant of the biology and genetics of infection and disease. However, coevolution is difficult to demonstrate rigorously in practice and therefore has rarely been observed empirically, particularly in animal-parasite systems. Research on host-schistosome interactions has the potential for making an important contribution to the study of...

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PMID: 15540140
DOI: 10.1086/424607

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