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Local adaptation of parasite off-host stages

Human-caused changes are affecting the environment in ways that challenge many organisms, including parasites.

Frida Ben-Ami Frida Ben-Ami

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Extending the concept of local adaptation

Most species occur in subdivided (fragmented) populations.

Dieter Ebert Dieter Ebert

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Selection on growth rate and local adaptation drive genomic adaptation during experimental range expansions in the protist Tetrahymena thermophila

Moerman, Felix, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Florian Altermatt and Andreas Wagner. 2022. Selection on growth rate and local adaptation drive genomi...

Andreas Wagner Andreas Wagner

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The role of natural selection in the origin of species

The splitting of one biological species into two, speciation, is a central process in evolutionary biology.

Roger Butlin Roger Butlin
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