Coevolutionary biology: sex and the geographic mosaic of coevolution

John N Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.007

Coevolutionary biology: sex and the geographic mosaic of coevolution

Curr Biol. 2009 Sep 15;19(17):R735-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.007.

Author

John N Thompson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. thompson@biology.ucsc.edu

PMID: 19906572
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.007

Abstract

Natural selection can favor the coexistence of sexual and asexual forms of a species even within a single ecosystem, when hotspots of coevolution between hosts and parasites occur next to coldspots.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution*
Ducks / parasitology
Ducks / physiology
Feeding Behavior
Female
Geography*
Host-Parasite Interactions
Male
Models, Biological*
Snails / genetics
Snails / parasitology
Snails / physiology*