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Université de Fribourg

Parasite‐driven replacement of a sexual by a closely related asexual taxon in nature

Lohr, Jennifer N. ; Haag, Christoph R.

In: Ecology, 2020, vol. 101, no. 10, p. -

Asexual species are thought to suffer more from coevolving parasites than related sexuals. Yet a variety of studies do not find the patterns predicted by theory. Here, to shine light on this conundrum, we investigate one such case of an asexual advantage in the presence of parasites. We follow the frequency dynamics of sexual and asexual Daphnia pulex in a natural pond that was initially...