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No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels

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    0361517 - ÚBO 2012 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Reichard, Martin - Bryja, Josef - Polačik, Matej - Smith, C.
    No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels.
    Molecular Ecology. Roč. 20, č. 17 (2011), s. 3631-3643. ISSN 0962-1083. E-ISSN 1365-294X
    Grant CEP: GA AV ČR KJB600930802; GA ČR GA206/09/1163
    Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
    Klíčová slova: coevolution * cuckoo * host–parasite relationship * speciation * symbiosis
    Kód oboru RIV: EG - Zoologie
    Impakt faktor: 5.522, rok: 2011

    Coevolutionary relationships between parasites and hosts can elevate the rate of evolutionary changes and lead to host specificity. We used the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a freshwater fish that parasitizes unionid mussels, to investigate host specialization across regions of recent and ancient sympatry between coevolving partners. Overall, we established that populations of R. amarus show limited potential for specialization, manifested as weak effects of host conditioning and genetic within-population structure. Rhodeus amarus is the only species of mussel-parasitizing fish in Europe, which contrasts with the species-rich communities of bitterling in eastern Asia where several host-specific bitterling occur. We discuss costs and constraints on the evolution of host-specific lineages in our study system and more generally.
    Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0198816

     
     
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