Search Results - "Matloa, Dikeledi E."

Adaptive radiation and speciation in Rhipicephalus ticks: A medley of novel hosts, nested predator-prey food webs, off-host periods and dispersal along temperature variation gradients by Bakkes, Deon K., Ropiquet, Anne, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Matloa, Dikeledi E., Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Horak, Ivan G., Mans, Ben J., Matthee, Conrad A.

“…[Display omitted] •Rhipicephalus origin linked to host shifts between extinct predators and ungulates.•Dispersal out of Africa occurred in three lineages, and…”
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Their young bite better: On- and off-host selection pressure as drivers for evolutionary-developmental modification in Rhipicephalus ticks by Bakkes, Deon K., Matloa, Dikeledi E., Mans, Ben J., Matthee, Conrad A.

“…Distinct life stages may experience different selection pressures influencing phenotypic evolution. Morphological evolution is also constrained by early…”
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