Is parasitic behavioural manipulation endangered as a hypothesis?

Host behavioural manipulation is a phenomenon that occurs in various host-parasite systems, and has been widely studied. Many have argued that manipulation is costly to a parasite and there would be selection pressures against its prevalence. In the examples of conflicting manipulative parasites, hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phua, Samantha Jo Su-Ying
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49491