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Genotype-specific interactions and the trade-off between host and parasite fitness.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 Oct 2007
Salvaudon Lucie, Héraudet Virginie, Shykoff Jacqui A
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BACKGROUND: Evolution of parasite traits is inextricably linked to their hosts. For instance one common definition of parasite virulence is the reduction in host fitness due to infection. Thus, traits of infection must be viewed in both protagonists and may be under shared genetic and physiological control. We investigated these questions on the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsis (= parasitica), a natural...
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