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Population dynamics under parasitic sex ratio distortion

M J Hatcher1, D E Taneyhill, A M Dunn

  • 1School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.

Summary

Feminizing parasites can drive host populations toward extinction by severely distorting the sex ratio. However, parasite elimination in small populations may allow host recovery, making infections transient.

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