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Host-parasite 'Red Queen' dynamics archived in pond sediment.
Nature - 6 Dec 2007
Decaestecker Ellen, Gaba Sabrina, Raeymaekers Joost A M, Stoks Robby, Van Kerckhoven Liesbeth, Ebert Dieter, De Meester Luc
Abstract excerpt
Antagonistic interactions between hosts and parasites are a key structuring force in natural populations, driving coevolution. However, direct empirical evidence of long-term host-parasite coevolution, in particular 'Red Queen' dynamics--in which antagonistic biotic interactions such as host-parasite interactions can lead to reciprocal evolutionary dynamics--is rare, and current data, although consistent with...
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