Patterns of parasite distribution in the hybrids of non-congeneric cyprinid fish species: is asymmetry in parasite infection the result of limited coadaptation?

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Hybrids and their parasite diversity represent interesting models for evolutionary ecology. The modified immune response, shifted ecology, inheritance, and maternal ancestry of hybrid host fish are supposed to affect the diversity of their parasite communities. The pattern of metazoan parasite distribution in non-congeneric cyprinids - common bream (Abramis brama) and roach (Rutilus rutilus) (species with...

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