Factors Affecting the Evolution of Virulence: Nematode Parasites of Fig Wasps as a Case Study

Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue S1, 1995, Pages S179-S191

  Herre, E A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

fig wasps; nematodes; parasitism; phylogeny; population structure; virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WASP;

EID: 0029554632     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000075880     Document Type: Article

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