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Daphnia as a versatile model system in ecology and evolution by Ebert, Dieter

“…Water fleas of the genus Daphnia have been a model system for hundreds of years and is among the best studied ecological model organisms to date. Daphnia are…”
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Host–parasite coevolution: Insights from the Daphnia –parasite model system by Ebert, Dieter

“…Daphnia and its parasites have become recognized as a model system for studying the epidemiological, evolutionary and genetic interactions between hosts and…”
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A Genome for the Environment by Ebert, Dieter

“…Gene duplication might explain the phenotypic adaptability of water fleas. Water fleas of the genus Daphnia are among the oldest model systems in biological…”
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Open questions: what are the genes underlying antagonistic coevolution? by Ebert, Dieter

“…Although the idea of coevolution was first presented 150 years ago, we still only vaguely understand the genetic basis of its workings. Identifying the genes…”
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Conceptual issues in local adaptation by Kawecki, Tadeusz J., Ebert, Dieter

“…Studies of local adaptation provide important insights into the power of natural selection relative to gene flow and other evolutionary forces. They are a…”
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Host sexual dimorphism and parasite adaptation by Duneau, David, Ebert, Dieter

“…In species with separate sexes, parasite prevalence and disease expression is often different between males and females. This effect has mainly been attributed…”
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Rethinking “mutualism” in diverse host‐symbiont communities by Mushegian, Alexandra A, Ebert, Dieter

“…While examples of bacteria benefiting eukaryotes are increasingly documented, studies examining effects of eukaryote hosts on microbial fitness are rare…”
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Microbial ecosystems are dominated by specialist taxa by Mariadassou, Mahendra, Pichon, Samuel, Ebert, Dieter, Grover, James P

“…Abundance and specificity are two key characteristics of species distribution and biodiversity. Theories of species assembly aim to reproduce the empirical…”
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The Evolutionary Consequences of Stepwise Infection Processes by Hall, Matthew D., Bento, Gilberto, Ebert, Dieter

“…Molecular and cellular studies reveal that the resistance of hosts to parasites and pathogens is a cascade-like process with multiple steps required to be…”
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Genetic diversity of Daphnia magna populations enhances resistance to parasites by Altermatt, Florian, Ebert, Dieter

“…The diversity-disease hypothesis states that decreased genetic diversity in host populations increases the incidence of diseases caused by pathogens (=…”
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Long-term balancing selection for pathogen resistance maintains trans-species polymorphisms in a planktonic crustacean by Cornetti, Luca, Fields, Peter D., Du Pasquier, Louis, Ebert, Dieter

“…Balancing selection is an evolutionary process that maintains genetic polymorphisms at selected loci and strongly reduces the likelihood of allele fixation…”
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Water fleas require microbiota for survival, growth and reproduction by Sison-Mangus, Marilou P, Mushegian, Alexandra A, Ebert, Dieter

“…Microbiota have diverse roles in the functioning of their hosts; experiments using model organisms have enabled investigations into these functions. In the…”
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Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation for temperature tolerance in freshwater zooplankton by Yampolsky, Lev Y., Schaer, Tobias M. M., Ebert, Dieter

“…Many organisms have geographical distributions extending from the tropics to near polar regions or can experience up to 30°C temperature variation within the…”
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Populations in small, ephemeral habitat patches may drive dynamics in a Daphnia magna metapopulation by Altermatt, Florian, Ebert, Dieter

“…Migration is the key process to understand the dynamics and persistence of a metapopulation. Many metapopulation models assume a positive correlation between…”
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Temporal dynamics of microbiota before and after host death by Preiswerk, David, Walser, Jean-Claude, Ebert, Dieter

“…The habitats that animals, humans and plants provide for microbial communities are inevitably transient, changing drastically when these hosts die. Because…”
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The effects of temperature and host-parasite interactions on parasite persistence in a planktonic crustacean by Santos, Joana L., Ebert, Dieter

“…Although the outcome of parasitic infections can be explained by a combination of environmental and host/parasite genetic factors, these factors are often…”
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Experimental Evolution of Parasites by Ebert, Dieter

“…Serial passage experiments are a form of experimental evolution that is frequently used in applied sciences; for example, in vaccine development. During these…”
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QTL study reveals candidate genes underlying host resistance in a Red Queen model system by Fredericksen, Maridel, Fields, Peter D, Du Pasquier, Louis, Ricci, Virginie, Ebert, Dieter

“…Specific interactions of host and parasite genotypes can lead to balancing selection, maintaining genetic diversity within populations. In order to understand…”
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Evolution of a morphological novelty occurred before genome compaction in a lineage of extreme parasites by Haag, Karen L., James, Timothy Y., Pombert, Jean-François, Larsson, Ronny, Schaer, Tobias M. M., Refardt, Dominik, Ebert, Dieter

“…Significance Intracellular obligate parasitism results in extreme adaptations, whose evolutionary history is difficult to understand, because intermediate…”
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The genetic basis of resistance and matching-allele interactions of a host-parasite system: The Daphnia magna-Pasteuria ramosa model by Bento, Gilberto, Routtu, Jarkko, Fields, Peter D, Bourgeois, Yann, Du Pasquier, Louis, Ebert, Dieter

“…Negative frequency-dependent selection (NFDS) is an evolutionary mechanism suggested to govern host-parasite coevolution and the maintenance of genetic…”
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