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Collateral damage: rapid exposure-induced evolution of pesticide resistance leads to increased susceptibility to parasites.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2011
Jansen Mieke, Stoks Robby, Coors Anja, van Doorslaer Wendy, de Meester Luc
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Although natural populations may evolve resistance to anthropogenic stressors such as pollutants, this evolved resistance may carry costs. Using an experimental evolution approach, we exposed different Daphnia magna populations in outdoor containers to the carbamate pesticide carbaryl and control conditions, and assessed the resulting populations for both their resistance to carbaryl as well as their...
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