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Alternative development in Polystoma gallieni (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) and life cycle evolution.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Oct 2013
Badets Mathieu, Du Preez Louis, Verneau Olivier
Abstract excerpt
Considering the addition of intermediate transmission steps during life cycle evolution, developmental plasticity, canalization forces and inherited parental effect must be invoked to explain new host colonization. Unfortunately, there is a lack of experimental procedures and relevant models to explore the adaptive value of alternative developmental phenotypes during life cycle evolution. However, within the...
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