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The influence of clonal diversity and intensity-dependence on trematode infections in an amphipod.
Parasitology - 1 Mar 2009
Keeney D B, Bryan-Walker K, Khan N, King T M, Poulin R
Abstract excerpt
Individual animals are often infected not only by different parasite species, but also by multiple genotypes of the same parasite species. Genetic relatedness among parasites sharing a host is expected to modulate their strategies of resource exploitation, growth and virulence. We experimentally examined the effects that genetic diversity and infection intensity had on host mortality, infectivity and growth of...
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