Host benefit and the evolution of specialization in symbiosis

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 599-603

  Douglas, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit; Horizontal transmission; Specificity; Symbiosis; Vertical transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS;

EVOLUTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0032408156     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884550     Document Type: Short Survey

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