Host specialization differentiates cryptic species of feather-feeding lice

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1427-1438

  Malenke, Jael R ^a   Johnson, Kevin P ^b   Clayton, Dale H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Columbicola; Host specificity; Morphology; Parasites; Selection

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CRYPSIS; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEATHER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEATHERS; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COLUMBICOLA; COLUMBICOLA MACROURAE; COLUMBIFORMES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 66249126296     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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