| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Interspecific interactions |
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Interspecific interactions.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 coevolution. In this book, three leading experts on host-parasite relationships demonstrate how the stunning coevolution that occurs between such species in microevolutionary, or ecological, time generates clear footprints in macroevolutionary, or historical, time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Coevolution.
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Lice.
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Parasites.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Host-parasite relationships.
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Biological Evolution
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Phthiraptera
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Parasites
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Host-Parasite Interactions
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Host Specificity
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evolution.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Host-parasite relationships
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Evolution (Biology)
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Coevolution
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Lice
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Parasites
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bush, Sarah Elizabeth, author
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Johnson, Kevin P., author
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| ISBN |
9780226302300 |
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022630230X |
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