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The experimental evolution of parasite resistance in wild guppies: artificial selection, resource availability and predation pressure

Author(s) -

Jessica F. Stephenson

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

proceedings of the royal society b biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.342

H-Index - 253

eISSN - 1471-2954

pISSN - 0962-8452

DOI - 10.1098/rspb.2014.0541

Subject(s) - predation , selection (genetic algorithm) , parasite hosting , biology , resistance (ecology) , zoology , ecology , artificial intelligence , computer science , world wide web

In a recent paper, ‘Experimental elimination of parasites in nature leads to the evolution of increased resistance in hosts', Dargent et al. [[1][1]] reported on a transplant experiment using wild guppies, Poecilia reticulata . Fish were collected from a source population in a downstream, high

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