Few colonies of the host Bombus terrestris disproportionately affect the genetic diversity of its parasite, Crithidia bombi

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-197

  Cisarovsky, Gabriel ^a   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Crithidia bombi; Immune priming; Parasite adaptation; Recombination in parasite; Trypanosomatid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; FECES; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; BEE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMATID INFECTION;

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; CRITHIDIA BOMBI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRITHIDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84890037351     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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