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Parasite infection of specific host genotypes relates to changes in prevalence in two natural populations of bumblebees.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2017
Manlik Oliver, Schmid-Hempel Regula, Schmid-Hempel Paul
Abstract excerpt
The antagonistic relationship between parasites and their hosts is strongly influenced by genotype-by-genotype interactions. Defense against parasitism is commonly studied in the context of immune system-based mechanisms and, thus, the focus in the search for candidate genes in host-parasite interactions is often on immune genes. In this study, we investigated the association between prevalence of parasite...
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