Coevolution of life on hosts : integrating ecology and history /

For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos and traumatic haircuts. But for a certain breed of biologist, lice make for fascinating scientific fodder, especially enlightening in the study of coevoluti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Clayton, Dale H. (Autor), Bush, Sarah Elizabeth (Autor), Johnson, Kevin P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Colección:Interspecific interactions.
Temas:
Coevolution.
Lice.
Parasites.
Evolution (Biology)
Host-parasite relationships.
Biological Evolution
Phthiraptera
Parasites
Host-Parasite Interactions
Host Specificity
Coévolution.
Poux.
Évolution (Biologie)
Relations hôte-parasite.
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background
  • Introduction to coevolution
  • Biology of lice: overview
  • Effects of lice on hosts
  • Coadaptation
  • Adaptations for resisting lice
  • Counter-adaptations of lice
  • Competition and coadaptation
  • Hosts as islands
  • Dispersal
  • Population structure
  • Codiversification
  • Cophylogenetic dynamics
  • Comparative cophylogenetics of lice
  • Coadaptive diversification of lice
  • Synthesis
  • Coevolution of life on hosts.

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