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The cellular immune response of Daphnia magna under host-parasite genetic variation and variation in initial dose.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Oct 2012
Auld Stuart K J R, Edel Kai H, Little Tom J
Abstract excerpt
In invertebrate-parasite systems, the likelihood of infection following parasite exposure is often dependent on the specific combination of host and parasite genotypes (termed genetic specificity). Genetic specificity can maintain diversity in host and parasite populations and is a major component of the Red Queen hypothesis. However, invertebrate immune systems are thought to only distinguish between broad...
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