Antigenic diversity and the selective value of sex in parasites

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 305-314

  Galvani, A P ^a   Coleman, R M ^a   Ferguson, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNITY; PARASITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034799229     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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