Friendly fungi announce themselves to their hosts
For many years after discovering a diverse population of sometimes dangerous microbes constantly living in our intestines, scientists described the ...
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Nonlethal parasites reduce how much their wild hosts eat, leading to ecosystem effects
Deer, caribou, bison and other similar animals are often infected by a range of internal parasites, including worms called helminths. ...
New research shows gene exchange between viruses and hosts drives evolution
VANCOUVER—The first comprehensive analysis of viral horizontal gene transfer (HGT) illustrates the extent to which viruses pick up genes from ...
Referential alarm calls increase vigilance in brood parasite hosts
Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use ...
Birds’ eye size offers clues to coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites, hosts
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eye size likely plays a role in the contest between avian brood parasites – birds that lay ...