• DOI:10.1038/35015069
Corpus ID: 4387547

Parasite adaptation to locally common host genotypes

@article{Lively2000ParasiteAT,
  title={Parasite adaptation to locally common host genotypes},
  author={C. Lively and M. F. Dybdahl},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2000},
  volume={405},
  pages={679-681}
}

C. Lively, M. F. Dybdahl

Published 2000

Biology, Medicine

Nature

According to the Red Queen hypothesis—which states that interactions among species (such as hosts and parasites) lead to constant natural selection for adaptation and counter-adaptation—the disproportionate evolutionary success of parasites on common host genotypes leads to correlated selection for sexual reproduction and local adaptation by the parasite population. Here we determined whether local adaptation is due to disproportionate infection of common host genotypes, and, if so, whether… CONTINUE READING

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