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Host-parasite interactions in sympatric and allopatric populations of European bitterling

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    0364184 - ÚBO 2012 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
    Francová, Kateřina - Ondračková, Markéta
    Host-parasite interactions in sympatric and allopatric populations of European bitterling.
    Parasitology Research. Roč. 109, č. 3 (2011), s. 801-808. ISSN 0932-0113. E-ISSN 1432-1955
    R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KJB600930802; GA MŠMT LC522
    Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
    Keywords : local adaptation * Trematodes * similarity * patterns * genetics * ecology * fishes * size
    Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
    Impact factor: 2.149, year: 2011

    Susceptibility to parasite infection was examined in 0+ juvenile European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus): one population sympatric, one allopatric to local parasite fauna, and in hybrids. Significantly higher parasite abundance was recorded in allopatric population, suggesting a maladaptation of parasites to their sympatric host. Type of parasite life cycle played an important role: abundance of allogenic species was comparable among populations, allopatric population was more infected by autogenic parasites, corresponding to a prediction of higher dispersion probability and higher gene flow among geographically distant populations of allogenic species. Only early-hatched bitterling exposed to infection during a period of high parasite abundance and richness in the environment varied in infection susceptibility. Differences in parasite abundance and species diversity among populations diminished, however, with increasing time of exposure.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0199731

     
     
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