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Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Jun 2008

Moritz Robin F A, Pirk Christian W W, Hepburn H Randall, Neumann Peter

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The short-sighted selection hypothesis for parasite virulence predicts that winners of within-host competition are poorer at transmission to new hosts. Social parasitism by self-replicating, female-producing workers occurs in the Cape honeybee Apis mellifera capensis, and colonies of other honeybee subspecies are susceptible hosts. We found high within-host virulence but low transmission rates in a clone of...

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PMID: 18288468
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0351-6

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