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Host age modulates within-host parasite competition.
Biology letters - 1 May 2015
Izhar Rony, Routtu Jarkko, Ben-Ami Frida
Abstract excerpt
In many host populations, one of the most striking differences among hosts is their age. While parasite prevalence differences in relation to host age are well known, little is known on how host age impacts ecological and evolutionary dynamics of diseases. Using two clones of the water flea Daphnia magna and two clones of its bacterial parasite Pasteuria ramosa, we examined how host age at exposure influences...
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