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Cryptic speciation and patterns of phenotypic variation of a highly variable acanthocephalan parasite.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2007
Steinauer M L, Nickol B B, Ortí G
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An investigation of a parasite species that is broadly host- and habitat-specific and exhibits alternative transmission strategies was undertaken to examine intraspecific variability and if it can be attributed to cryptic speciation or environmentally induced plasticity. Specimens of an acanthocephalan parasite, Leptorhynchoides thecatus, collected throughout North America were analysed phylogenetically using...
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