Body size evolution of oxyurid (Nematoda
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Serge Morand; Pierre Legendre; Scott Lyell Gardner; Jean-Pierre Hugot
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Article
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1996
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Studying the diversification of body size in a taxon of parasites allows comparison of patterns of variation observed in the parasites with patterns found in free-living organisms. The distributions of body size of oxyurid nematodes (obligate parasites of vertebrates and invertebrates) are lognormal