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Similar evolutionary potentials in an obligate ant parasite and its two host species.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Apr 2011
Pennings P S, Achenbach A, Foitzik S
Abstract excerpt
The spatial structure of host-parasite coevolution is shaped by population structure and genetic diversity of the interacting species. We analysed these population genetic parameters in three related ant species: the parasitic slavemaking ant Protomognathus americanus and its two host species Temnothorax longispinosus and T. curvispinosus. We sampled throughout their range, genotyped ants on six to eight...
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