Benefits of host genetic diversity for resistance to infection depend on parasite diversity

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1263-1268

  Ganz, Holly H ^a,b   Ebert, Dieter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Genetic diversity; Glugoides intestinalis; Heterogeneity; Host parasite; Infection; Microsporidia; Monoculture; Ordospora colligata; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; INFECTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAPHNIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSPORIDIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSPORIDIA;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; GLUGOIDES INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; ORDOSPORA COLLIGATA;

EID: 77951800382     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1243.1     Document Type: Article

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