Why so few transmission stages? Reproductive restraint by malaria parasites

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Taylor, Louise H ^a   Read, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMETOCYTE; HYPOTHESIS; MALARIA; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031127178     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)89810-9     Document Type: Review

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