No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05198.x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05198.x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05198.x" target="_blank" >10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05198.x</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
No evidence for host specialization or host-race formation in the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a fish that parasitizes freshwater mussels
Original language description
Coevolutionary relationships between parasites and hosts can elevate the rate of evolutionary changes and lead to host specificity. We used the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus), a freshwater fish that parasitizes unionid mussels, to investigate hostspecialization across regions of recent and ancient sympatry between coevolving partners. Overall, we established that populations of R. amarus show limited potential for specialization, manifested as weak effects of host conditioning and genetic within-population structure. Rhodeus amarus is the only species of mussel-parasitizing fish in Europe, which contrasts with the species-rich communities of bitterling in eastern Asia where several host-specific bitterling occur. We discuss costs and constraintson the evolution of host-specific lineages in our study system and more generally.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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