About the Authors
- Knut Helge Jensen
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: knut.jensen@bio.uib.no
Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland , Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Tom Little
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Affiliation The School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Arne Skorping
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Dieter Ebert
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Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland , Zoologisches Institut, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
KHJ, TL, AS, and DE conceived and designed the experiments. KHJ performed the experiment that tested spore production versus host longevity, and TL performed the experiment that tested the genetic basis for parasite virulence. KHJ and TL analysed the data. TL, AS, and DE contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. KHJ, TL, AS, and DE wrote the paper.