Male-biased sex-ratio distortion caused by Octosporea bayeri, a vertically and horizontally-transmitted parasite of Daphnia magna

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 969-979

  Roth, Olivia ^a   Ebert, Dieter ^a   Vizoso, Dita B ^a   Bieger, Annette ^a   Lass, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Horizontal transmission; Microsporidia; Parasite; Sex dimorphism; Sex ratio; Sperm production; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE SPREAD; FUNGUS; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE TABLE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPERM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OCTOSPOREA BAYERI; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SEX RATIO; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; OCTOSPOREA BAYERI;

EID: 43849102685     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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