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@article{1403512, author = {Hablutzel, Pascal and Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan and Deschepper, Pablo and Gregoir, Arnout and Roose, Anna and Volckaert, Filip and Raeymaekers, Joost}, article_location = {HOBOKEN}, article_number = {7}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13111}, keywords = {Acanthocephala; adaptive radiation; fish; host-parasite interaction; Lake Tanganyika; speciation}, language = {eng}, issn = {1010-061X}, journal = {Journal of Evolutionary Biology}, title = {Parasite escape through trophic specialization in a species flock}, volume = {30}, year = {2017} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1403512 AU - Hablutzel, Pascal - Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan - Deschepper, Pablo - Gregoir, Arnout - Roose, Anna - Volckaert, Filip - Raeymaekers, Joost PY - 2017 TI - Parasite escape through trophic specialization in a species flock JF - Journal of Evolutionary Biology VL - 30 IS - 7 SP - 1437-1445 EP - 1437-1445 PB - Wiley SN - 1010061X KW - Acanthocephala KW - adaptive radiation KW - fish KW - host-parasite interaction KW - Lake Tanganyika KW - speciation N2 - Adaptive radiation occurs when species diversify rapidly to occupy an array of ecological niches. As opportunities for parasite infection and transmission may greatly vary among these niches, adaptive radiation is expected to be associated with a turnover of the parasite community. As major agents of natural and sexual selection, parasites may play a central role in host diversification. The study of parasite turnover may thus be of general relevance and could significantly improve our understanding of adaptive radiation. In this study, we examined the parasite faunas of eleven species belonging to the tribe Tropheini, one of several adaptive radiations of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika. The most parsimonious ancestral foraging strategy among the Tropheini is relatively unselective substrate browsing of aufwuchs. Several lineages evolved more specialized foraging strategies, such as selective combing of microscopic diatoms or picking of macro-invertebrates. We found that representatives of these specialized lineages bear reduced infection with food-web-transmitted acanthocephalan helminths, but not with parasites with a direct life cycle. Possibly, the evolution of selective foraging strategies entailed reduced ingestion of intermediate invertebrate hosts of acanthocephalans. We conclude that some species belonging to the Tropheini virtually escape acanthocephalan infection as a by-product of trophic specialization. ER -
HABLUTZEL, Pascal, Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE, Pablo DESCHEPPER, Arnout GREGOIR, Anna ROOSE, Filip VOLCKAERT and Joost RAEYMAEKERS. Parasite escape through trophic specialization in a species flock. \textit{Journal of Evolutionary Biology}. HOBOKEN: Wiley, 2017, vol.~30, No~7, p.~1437-1445. ISSN~1010-061X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13111.
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