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A historical perspective of nutrient change impact on an infectious disease in Daphnia.
Ecology - 1 Nov 2017
Reyserhove Lien, Samaey Giovanni, Muylaert Koenraad, Coppé Vincent, Van Colen Willem, Decaestecker Ellen
Abstract excerpt
Changes in food quality can play a substantial role in the vulnerability of hosts to infectious diseases. In this study, we focused on the genetic differentiation of the water flea Daphnia magna towards food of different quality (by manipulating C:N:P ratios) and its impact on the interaction with a virulent infectious disease, "White Fat Cell Disease (WFCD)". Via a resurrection ecology approach, we isolated two...
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