Journal
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 1861-1866Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01598.x
Keywords
adaptations; coevolution; host-parasite interactions
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- CNRS
- ANR
- Royal Society Exchange
- Scientific Research Flanders (FWO)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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The description of coevolutionary dynamics requires a characterization of the evolutionary dynamics of both the parasite and its host. However, a thorough description of the underlying genetics of the coevolutionary process is often extremely difficult to carry out. We propose that measures of adaptation (mean population fitness) across time or space may represent a feasible alternative approach for characterizing important features of the coevolutionary process. We discuss recent experimental work in the light of simple mathematical models of coevolution to demonstrate the potential power of this phenotypic experimental approach.
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