Environment can alter selection in host-parasite interactions.

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Characteristics of hosts and parasites have a genetic basis, and thus can be shaped by coevolution. Infections measured under laboratory conditions have shown that the environment in which hosts and parasites interact might substantially affect the strength and specificity of selection. In addition, various components of host-parasite fitness are differentially altered by the environment. Despite this, environmental fluctuations are often excluded from experimental coevolutionary studies and ...

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Authors: Wolinska, J; King, K

• Journal: Trends in parasitology
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 236-244
• Publication date: 2009-05-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.02.004
• EISSN: 1471-5007
• ISSN: 1471-4922
• Language: English
• Keywords: Genetics, Population; Host-Parasite Interactions; Biological Evolution; Animals; Selection, Genetic; Environment