Hybridization in Parasites: Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World

Kayla C. King; Rike B. Stelkens; Joanne P. Webster; Deborah F. Smith; Michael A. Brockhurst

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005098

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Hybridization in Parasites: Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World

Kayla C. King ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kayla C. King, Rike B. Stelkens, Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Rike B. Stelkens ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kayla C. King, Rike B. Stelkens, Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany
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Joanne P. Webster ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kayla C. King, Rike B. Stelkens, Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED), Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Deborah F. Smith,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Michael A. Brockhurst

* E-mail: michael.brockhurst@york.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Hybridization in Parasites: Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World

Kayla C. King,
Rike B. Stelkens,
Joanne P. Webster,
Deborah F. Smith,
Michael A. Brockhurst

Published: September 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005098

About the Authors

Kayla C. King

Contributed equally to this work with: Kayla C. King, Rike B. Stelkens, Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Rike B. Stelkens

Contributed equally to this work with: Kayla C. King, Rike B. Stelkens, Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany

Joanne P. Webster

Contributed equally to this work with: Kayla C. King, Rike B. Stelkens, Joanne P. Webster

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED), Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Deborah F. Smith

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Michael A. Brockhurst

* E-mail: michael.brockhurst@york.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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