Lack of Host Reproductive Trade-offs Associated with Fecundity Compensation Response to Parasitic Castration
A. A. Davis, J. T. Vannatta, S. O. Gutierrez, D. J. Minchella
This study investigates fecundity compensation in snails infected with Schistosoma mansoni, finding increased egg production but no trade-off between offspring quantity and quality.
bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2021Evolutionary Biology