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Molecular and morphological divergence in a pair of bird species and their ectoparasites.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2009
Whiteman Noah K, Dosanjh Vishal S, Palma Ricardo L, Hull Joshua M, Kimball Rebecca T, Sánchez Pablo, Sarasola José Hernán, Parker Patricia G
Abstract excerpt
In an evolutionary context, parasites tend to be morphologically conservative relative to their hosts. However, the rate of neutral molecular evolution across many parasite lineages is faster than in their hosts. Although this relationship is apparent at the macroevolutionary scale, insight into the processes underpinning it may be gained through investigations at the microevolutionary scale. Birds and their...
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