The evolution of phage lysis timing

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 545-558

  Wang, Ing Nang ^a   Dykhuizen, Daniel E ^a   Slobodkin, Lawrence B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lysis timing; marginal value theorem; MVT; optimal foraging theory; phage

Indexed keywords

HOST DENSITY; HOST QUALITY; OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY; PHAGE LYSIS;

EID: 0029911008     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237884     Document Type: Article

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