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Virulence and Local Adaptation of a Horizontally Transmitted Parasite

19 Aug 1994

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Parasites are thought to maximize the number of successfully transmitted offspring by trading off propagule production against host survival. In a horizontally transmitted microparasitic disease in Daphnia, a planktonic crustacean, increasing geographic distance between host and parasite origin was found to be correlated with a decrease in spore production and virulence. This finding indicates local adaptation of...

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PMID: 17832903
DOI: 10.1126/science.265.5175.1084

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