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Experimental evolution of specialization by a microsporidian parasite.

BMC evolutionary biology - 28 May 2010

Legros Mathieu, Koella Jacob C

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BACKGROUND: Evolutionary theory predicts that the pressure for parasites to specialize on one host or to become generalists on a wide range of hosts is driven by the diversity or temporal variability of the host's population and by genetic trade-offs in the adaptation to different hosts. We give experimental evidence for this idea by letting the parasite Brachiola algerae evolve on one of four genetically...

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PMID: 20509886
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-159
PMCID: PMC2891725

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