Dynamic transmission, host quality, and population structure in a multihost parasite of bumblebees

Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3053-3066

  Ruiz González, Mario X ^a,b,c   Bryden, John ^c   Moret, Yannick ^d   Reber Funk, Christine ^e   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^e   Brown, Mark J F ^a,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bombus; Crithidia bombi; Immune defense; Population genetics; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADAPTATION; BEE; COEVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; GENERALIST; HOST QUALITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPECIALIST;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CRITHIDIA; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; CRITHIDIA; HOST SPECIFICITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRITHIDIA BOMBI;

EID: 84867072172     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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