Title |
The effect of host social system on parasite population genetic structure: comparative population genetics of two ectoparasitic mites and their bat hosts
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-14-18 |
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Authors |
Jaap van Schaik, Gerald Kerth, Nadia Bruyndonckx, Philippe Christe |
Abstract |
The population genetic structure of a parasite, and consequently its ability to adapt to a given host, is strongly linked to its own life history as well as the life history of its host. While the effects of parasite life history on their population genetic structure have received some attention, the effect of host social system has remained largely unstudied. In this study, we investigated the population genetic structure of two closely related parasitic mite species (Spinturnix myoti and Spinturnix bechsteini) with very similar life histories. Their respective hosts, the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) and the Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii) have social systems that differ in several substantial features, such as group size, mating system and dispersal patterns. |
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