Genetic relationships between parasite virulence and transmission in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 689-703

  Mackinnon, Margaret J ^a   Read, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium chabaudi; Transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; MOUSE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; POPULATION GENETICS; REPLICATION RATE; VIRULENCE;

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032799863     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05364.x     Document Type: Article

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