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Parasite-host specificity: experimental studies on the basis of parasite adaptation.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2006
Little Tom J, Watt Kathryn, Ebert Dieter
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Specificity in parasitic interactions can be defined by host genotypes that are resistant to only a subset of parasite genotypes and parasite genotypes that are infective on a subset of host genotypes. It is not always clear if specificity is determined by the genotypes of the interactors, or if phenotypic plasticity (sometimes called acclimation) plays a larger role. Coevolutionary outcomes critically depend on...
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