Understanding Host-Switching by Ecological Fitting.

Despite the fact that parasites are highly specialized with respect to their hosts, empirical evidence demonstrates that host switching rather than co-speciation is the dominant factor influencing the diversification of host-parasite associations. Ecological fitting in sloppy fitness space has been...

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Main Authors: Sabrina B L Araujo, Mariana Pires Braga, Daniel R Brooks, Salvatore J Agosta, Eric P Hoberg, Francisco W von Hartenthal, Walter A Boeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139225