Rapid accumulation of a vertically transmitted parasite triggered by relaxation of natural selection among hosts

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 581-589

  Yampolsky, Lev Yu ^a   Webb, Colleen T ^a   Shabalina, Svetlana A ^a   Kondrashov, Alexey S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Host parasite co evolution; Sigma virus; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004388166     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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