Biological and biomedical implications of the co-evolution of pathogens and their hosts

Nature Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 569-577

  Woolhouse, Mark E J ^a   Webster, Joanne P ^b   Domingo, Esteban ^c   Charlesworth, Brian ^d   Levin, Bruce R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Inst of Cell   (United Kingdom)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036899166     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1202-569     Document Type: Review

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