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CONSEQUENCES OF INBREEDING ON INVERTEBRATE HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PARASITIC INFECTION
Lori Stevens,
Guiyun Yan,
Leslie A. Pray,
Lori Stevens
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0086
Corresponding author.Search for more papers by this authorGuiyun Yan
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0086
Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14620.Search for more papers by this authorLeslie A. Pray
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0086
Search for more papers by this authorLori Stevens,
Guiyun Yan,
Leslie A. Pray,
Lori Stevens
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0086
Corresponding author.Search for more papers by this authorGuiyun Yan
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0086
Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14620.Search for more papers by this authorLeslie A. Pray
Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Marsh Life Science Building, Burlington, Vermont, 05405-0086
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Editor: L. Meffert
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