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SUBMITTER: Matthee CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6122474 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matthee Conrad A CA Engelbrecht Adriaan A Matthee Sonja S
BMC evolutionary biology 20180903 1
<h4>Background</h4>The specialist-generalist variation hypothesis (SGVH) in parasites suggests that, due to patchiness in habitat (host availability), specialist species will show more subdivided population structure when compared to generalist species. In addition, since specialist species are more prone to local stochastic extinction events with their hosts, they will show lower levels of intraspecific genetic diversity when compared to more generalist.<h4>Results</h4>To test the wider applica ...[more]