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A rotifer (Brachionus calyciflorus).
The rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus, shown here under Nomarski illumination, exhibits predator-prey cycles with an algal species; so does the phage T4 with bacteria. When the prey/host can evolve anti-predation/pathogen defense, prey genotype frequencies cycle with predator density. Cryptic prey cycles occur when changes in prey genotypes counterbalance each other so that the total prey density remains constant while predator density oscillates (see Yoshida et al., e235).
Image Credit: Takehito Yoshida and Randy O. Wayne
Citation: (2007) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 5(9) September 2007. PLoS Biol 5(9): ev05.i09. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v05.i09
Published: September 25, 2007
Copyright: © 2007 Yoshida, Wayne. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus, shown here under Nomarski illumination, exhibits predator-prey cycles with an algal species; so does the phage T4 with bacteria. When the prey/host can evolve anti-predation/pathogen defense, prey genotype frequencies cycle with predator density. Cryptic prey cycles occur when changes in prey genotypes counterbalance each other so that the total prey density remains constant while predator density oscillates (see Yoshida et al., e235).
Image Credit: Takehito Yoshida and Randy O. Wayne