A parasite-mediated life-history shift in Daphnia magna

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1562, 2005, Pages 505-509

  Chadwick, William ^a   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Glugoides intestinalis; Life history; Microsporidian; Parasite mediated selection; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MICROSPORIDA; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; GLUGOIDES INTESTINALIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROSPORIDIA; SCOTLAND;

EID: 18344395699     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2959     Document Type: Article

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