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Scheme showing the relationship between a host trait and its fitness value for both predation and parasitism risk. If a trait affects host fitness similarly under both predation and parasitism, the resulting selection pressure will be directional (a), but if predation and parasitism risk are affected in opposite directions, a balancing selection pressure is the result (b).
