Sex differences in host defence interfere with parasite-mediated selection for outcrossing during host-parasite coevolution

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-468

  Masri, Leila ^a,b,d   Schulte, Rebecca D ^c   Timmermeyer, Nadine ^b   Thanisch, Stefanie ^b   Crummenerl, Lena Luise ^a   Jansen, Gunther ^a   Michiels, Nico K ^b   Schulenburg, Hinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bateman's principle; Caenorhabditis elegans; Ecological immunology; Host parasite coevolution; Red Queen hypothesis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84931749093     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12068     Document Type: Article

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