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亲缘选择与宿主操纵

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Infected ants attached to flowers by their mandibles.

image: Infected ants attached to flowers by their mandibles. view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Andrew Hurly (University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada).

在对能够操纵其蚂蚁宿主促进传播给哺乳动物宿主的寄生性矛形双腔吸虫(Dicrocoelium dendriticum)的一项研究中,科研人员测试了在蚂蚁的脑和腹部的吸虫的遗传相关程度,结果发现脑的吸虫常常与腹部的吸虫在遗传上相同,而克隆体共同传播给了蚂蚁,这组作者说,这表明了亲缘选择在一种利他主义的宿主操纵行为进化上的作用。

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