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Daphnia parasite dynamics across multiple Caullerya epidemics indicate selection against common parasite genotypes.
Zoology (Jena, Germany) - 1 Aug 2016
González-Tortuero Enrique, Rusek Jakub, Turko Patrick, Petrusek Adam, Maayan Inbar, Piálek Lubomír, Tellenbach Christoph, Gießler Sabine, Spaak Piet, Wolinska Justyna
Abstract excerpt
Studies of parasite population dynamics in natural systems are crucial for our understanding of host-parasite coevolutionary processes. Some field studies have reported that host genotype frequencies in natural populations change over time according to parasite-driven negative frequency-dependent selection. However, the temporal patterns of parasite genotypes have rarely been investigated. Moreover,...
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