Immune stress and facultative sex in a parasitic nematode

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 333-337

  West, S A ^a   Gemmill, A W ^a   Graham, A ^a   Viney, M E ^a,b   Read, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunology; Parasites; Recombination; Red Queen; Sex

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0035054986     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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