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Host manipulation by parasites in the world of dead-end predators: adaptation to enhance transmission?

Trophically transmitted parasites often alter their intermediate host's phenotype, thereby predisposing the hosts to increased predation. This is generally considered a parasite strategy evolved to enhance transmission to the next hosts. However, the adaptive value of host manipulation is not c...

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Autori principali: Seppälä, Otto, Valtonen, E. Tellervo, Benesh, Daniel P
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2008
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602814/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18430644
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0152
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