The Red Queen hypothesis can explain the maintenance of host and parasite diversity. However, the Red Queen requires genetic specificity for infection risk (i.e., that infection depends on the exact combination of host and parasite genotypes) and strongly virulent effects of infection on host fitness. A European crustacean (Daphnia magna) – bacterium (Pasteuria ramosa) system typifies such specificity and high virulence. We studied the North American host Daphnia dentifera and its natural parasite Pasteuria ramosa, and also found strong genetic specificity for infection success and high virulence. These results suggest that Pasteuria could promote Red Queen dynamics with D. dentifera populations as well. However, the Red Queen might be und...
The degree of specificity in host–parasite interactions has important implications for ecology and e...
Host-associated microbiota have been claimed to play a role in hosts' responses to parasitic infecti...
International audienceA substantial body of theory indicates that parasites may mould the population...
The Red Queen hypothesis can explain the maintenance of host and parasite diversity. However, the Re...
The Red Queen hypothesis can explain the maintenance of host and parasite diversity. However, the Re...
Understanding the genetic architecture of host resistance is key for understanding the evolution of ...
Understanding the genetic architecture of host resistance is key for understanding the evolution of ...
Understanding the genetic architecture of host resistance is key for understanding the evolution of ...
The infection process of many diseases can be divided into series of steps, each one required to suc...
Daphnia and its parasites have become recognized as a model system for studying the epidemiological,...
The link between long-term host-parasite coevolution and genetic diversity is key to understanding g...
The Red Queen hypothesis proposes that antagonistic coevolution between parasites and their hosts is...
The link between long-term host-parasite coevolution and genetic diversity is key to understanding g...
Knowledge of a species' population genetic structure can provide insight into fundamental ecological...
The population structure of parasites is central to the ecology and evolution of host-parasite syste...
The degree of specificity in host–parasite interactions has important implications for ecology and e...
Host-associated microbiota have been claimed to play a role in hosts' responses to parasitic infecti...
International audienceA substantial body of theory indicates that parasites may mould the population...
The Red Queen hypothesis can explain the maintenance of host and parasite diversity. However, the Re...
The Red Queen hypothesis can explain the maintenance of host and parasite diversity. However, the Re...
Understanding the genetic architecture of host resistance is key for understanding the evolution of ...
Understanding the genetic architecture of host resistance is key for understanding the evolution of ...
Understanding the genetic architecture of host resistance is key for understanding the evolution of ...
The infection process of many diseases can be divided into series of steps, each one required to suc...
Daphnia and its parasites have become recognized as a model system for studying the epidemiological,...
The link between long-term host-parasite coevolution and genetic diversity is key to understanding g...
The Red Queen hypothesis proposes that antagonistic coevolution between parasites and their hosts is...
The link between long-term host-parasite coevolution and genetic diversity is key to understanding g...
Knowledge of a species' population genetic structure can provide insight into fundamental ecological...
The population structure of parasites is central to the ecology and evolution of host-parasite syste...
The degree of specificity in host–parasite interactions has important implications for ecology and e...
Host-associated microbiota have been claimed to play a role in hosts' responses to parasitic infecti...
International audienceA substantial body of theory indicates that parasites may mould the population...