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The anther smut disease on Gypsophila repens: a case of parasite sub-optimal performance following a recent host shift?
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Sept 2005
López-Villavicencio M, Enjalbert J, Hood M E, Shykoff J A, Raquin C, Giraud T
Abstract excerpt
The study of how parasites adapt to new hosts is of great importance for understanding the emergence of new diseases. Here, we report a study of the anther smut disease on Gypsophila repens (Caryophyllaceae). In contrast to what is usually found on other host species, infected natural populations of G. repens are extremely rare. Moreover, symptoms of diseased plants are incomplete and highly variable over the...
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