Small steps or giant leaps for male-killers? Phylogenetic constraints to male-killer host shifts
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Arthropods are infected by a wide diversity of maternally transmitted microbes. Some of these manipulate host reproduction to facilitate population invasion and persistence. Such parasites transmit vertically on an ecological timesca...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/238 |