Evolution of virulence in a heterogeneous host population

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-71

  Regoes, Roland R ^a   Nowak, Martin A ^b   Bonhoeffer, Sebastian ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evolution of virulence; Genetic trade offs; Host heterogeneity; Host parasite coevolution; Intrahost evolution; Serial passage

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034078794     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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