Influence of co-evolution with a parasite, Nosema whitei, and population size on recombination rates and fitness in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum

Genetica

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 737-744

  Greeff, Michael ^a,b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Hill Robertson; Nosema whitei; Recombination; Red Queen; Sex; Tribolium castaneum

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRIBOLIUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; NOSEMA; POPULATION DENSITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRIBOLIUM;

NOSEMA; NOSEMA WHITEI; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 77953480469     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-010-9454-z     Document Type: Article

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