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Parasites are masterful works of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Hisliostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface- to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head.

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"If you want to be introduced to the marvelous consequences of the evolution of parasites and their natural history, it would be difficult to find a more fascinating book." - Nature, on the French edition"

The Art of Being a Parasite

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    A Paperback / softback by Claude Combes, Daniel Simberloff

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/2005
      ISBN13: 9780226114385, 978-0226114385
      ISBN10: 0226114384
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Parasites are masterful works of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Hisliostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface- to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head.

      Trade Review
      "If you want to be introduced to the marvelous consequences of the evolution of parasites and their natural history, it would be difficult to find a more fascinating book." - Nature, on the French edition"

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