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Effects of grazer presence on genetic structure of a phenotypically diverse diatom population.
Microbial ecology - 1 Jan 2014
Sjöqvist C, Kremp A, Lindehoff E, Båmstedt U, Egardt J, Gross S, Jönsson M, Larsson H, Pohnert G, Richter H, Selander E, Godhe A
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Studies of predator-prey systems in both aquatic and terrestrial environments have shown that grazers structure the intraspecific diversity of prey species, given that the prey populations are phenotypically variable. Populations of phytoplankton have traditionally considered comprising only low intraspecific variation, hence selective grazing as a potentially structuring factor of both genetic and phenotypic...
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