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| Title |
Antagonistic experimental coevolution with a parasite increases host recombination frequency
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-12-18 |
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| Authors |
Niels AG Kerstes, Camillo Bérénos, Paul Schmid-Hempel, K Mathias Wegner |
| Abstract |
One of the big remaining challenges in evolutionary biology is to understand the evolution and maintenance of meiotic recombination. As recombination breaks down successful genotypes, it should be selected for only under very limited conditions. Yet, recombination is very common and phylogenetically widespread. The Red Queen Hypothesis is one of the most prominent hypotheses for the adaptive value of recombination and sexual reproduction. The Red Queen Hypothesis predicts an advantage of recombination for hosts that are coevolving with their parasites. We tested predictions of the hypothesis with experimental coevolution using the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and its microsporidian parasite, Nosema whitei. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 107 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 4% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 35% |
| Researcher | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 12% |
| Unknown | 5 | 5% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 76 | 71% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 10% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 4% |
| Unknown | 6 | 6% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 January 2022.
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#12,894
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#6
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