Reciprocal cross infection of sticklebacks with the diphyllobothriidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus reveals consistent population differences in parasite growth and host resistance

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• 作者：Martin Kalbe ; Christophe Eizaguirre ; Jörn P. Scharsack…
• 关键词：Host ; parasite coevolution ; Local adaptation ; Optimal virulence ; Schistocephalus solidus ; Infection phenotype ; Gasterosteus aculeatus ; Experimental infection
• 刊名：Parasites & Vectors
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：9
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1,746 KB
• 刊物主题：Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine; Entomology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1756-3305

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Background In host-parasite evolutionary arms races, parasites are generally expected to adapt more rapidly, due to their large population sizes and short generation times. There exist systems, though, where parasites cannot outpace their hosts because of similar generation times in both antagonists. In those cases concomitant adaptation is expected.