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Coevolutionary interactions between host and parasite genotypes.
Trends in parasitology - 1 Jan 2006
Lambrechts Louis, Fellous Simon, Koella Jacob C
Abstract excerpt
More than 20 years after Dawkins introduced the concept of "extended phenotype" (i.e. phenotypes of hosts and parasites result from interactions between the two genomes) and although this idea has now reached contemporary textbooks of evolutionary biology, most studies of the evolution of host-parasite systems still focus solely on either the host or the parasite, neglecting the role of the other partner. It is...
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