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Invisible enemies drive host evolution |
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Competition between species over food sources, nest sites and efficient camouflage, are important factors that
affect the evolution of organisms. However, over the last decade, biologists have discovered that the effect
of diseases and parasites on the ecology and evolution of the host is stronger and more important than previously
thought. These effects are studied in the group of ecology and evolution at the ETH Zurich.
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Observe a growing colony of bumble bees. Watch the coming and going of the workers, the tending of developing larvae and the
laying of new eggs by the queen.
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Professor Schmid-Hempel |
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Find out how relevant and exciting this research is in an interview with Professor Schmid-Hempel.
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Bumble bees |
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Learn more about the natural history of the model organism used to study parasite-host interactions in nature.
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