Evolution of a costly immunity to cestode parasites is a pyrrhic victory
J. N. Weber, N. C. Steinel, F. Peng, K. C. Shim, B. K. Lohman, L. Fuess, S. De Lisle, D. I. Bolnick
The paper shows that freshwater stickleback populations evolved resistance to tapeworms through fibrosis, but this resistance reduced fecundity, leading to selection for a tolerant strategy with fibrosis suppression.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology