Monarch butterflies help explain why parasites harm hosts

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Monarch detail. Credit: University of Georgia
Monarch detail. Credit: University of Georgia

It’s a paradox that has confounded evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859: Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival, why do they harm them?


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