Diet can alter the cost of resistance to a natural parasite in Caenorhabditis elegans
Abstract Resistance to parasites confers a fitness advantage, yet hosts show substantial variation in resistance in natural populations. Evolutionary theory indicates that resistant and susceptible genotypes can coexist if resistance is costly, but there is mixed evidence that resistant individuals...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9793 |