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Genotypic variation and the role of defensive endosymbionts in an all-parthenogenetic host-parasitoid interaction.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2009
Vorburger Christoph, Sandrock Christoph, Gouskov Alexandre, Castañeda Luis E, Ferrari Julia
Abstract excerpt
Models of host-parasite coevolution predict pronounced genetic dynamics if resistance and infectivity are genotype-specific or associated with costs, and if selection is fueled by sufficient genetic variation. We addressed these assumptions in the black bean aphid, Aphis fabae, and its parasitoid Lysiphlebus fabarum. Parasitoid genotypes differed in infectivity and host clones exhibited huge variation for...
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