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Lack of population genetic structure and host specificity in the bat fly, Cyclopodia horsfieldi, across species of Pteropus bats in Southeast Asia.
Parasites & vectors - 8 Aug 2013
Olival Kevin J, Dick Carl W, Simmons Nancy B, Morales Juan Carlos, Melnick Don J, Dittmar Katharina, Perkins Susan L, Daszak Peter, Desalle Rob
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BACKGROUND: Population-level studies of parasites have the potential to elucidate patterns of host movement and cross-species interactions that are not evident from host genealogy alone. Bat flies are obligate and generally host-specific blood-feeding parasites of bats. Old-World flies in the fam...
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