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Genetic diversity and disease: The past, present, and future of an old idea.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2022

Gibson Amanda Kyle

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Why do infectious diseases erupt in some host populations and not others? This question has spawned independent fields of research in evolution, ecology, public health, agriculture, and conservation. In the search for environmental and genetic factors that predict variation in parasitism, one hypothesis stands out for its generality and longevity: genetically homogeneous host populations are more likely to...

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PMID: 34796478
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14395
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