• DOI:10.1017/S0031182002001488
Corpus ID: 26816332

Cleaning symbioses from the parasites' perspective.

@article{Grutter2002CleaningSF,
  title={Cleaning symbioses from the parasites' perspective.},
  author={A. Grutter},
  journal={Parasitology},
  year={2002},
  volume={124 Suppl},
  pages={
          S65-81
        }
}

• A. Grutter
• Published 2002
• Biology, Medicine
• Parasitology

Cleaning behaviour has generally been viewed from the cleaner or client's point of view. Few studies, however, have examined cleaning behaviour from the parasites' perspective, yet they are the equally-important third players in such associations. All three players are likely to have had their evolution affected by the association. As cleaner organisms are important predators of parasites, cleaners are likely to have an important effect on their prey. Little, however, is known of how parasites… Expand

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