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Manipulation hypothesis: critical review of published works on parasitic invertebrates
TRÁVNÍČKOVÁ, Jana
The manipulation hypothesis has attracted many researchers, and at present it seems to be documented fora wide range of parasites. However, in the last thirty years, numerous parasites have been revealed that, in fact, cannot manipulated with their host morphology, behaviour, and/or habitat preference, unlike conclusions of the previous studies. The major purpose of this study is to test critically the plausibility of the hypothesis about parasitic manipulation, based on metaanalysis of 55 papers concerning four helminth taxa, namely, Acanthocephala, Cestoda, Trematoda, and Nematomorpha.
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