| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coevolution.
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Coevolution. |
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Lice.
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Lice. |
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Parasites.
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Parasites. |
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Evolution (Biology)
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Host-parasite relationships.
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Evolution (Biology) |
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evolution. |
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Host-parasite relationships. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bush, Sarah Elizabeth, author.
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Johnson, Kevin P., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clayton, Dale H. Coevolution of life on hosts 9780226302133 (DLC) 2015011973 (OCoLC)905970293 |
| ISBN |
9780226302300 (electronic book) |
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022630230X (electronic book) |
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9780226302133 |
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022630213X |
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9780226302270 |
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022630227X |
| Standard No. |
40025789609 |
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