Parasite infection, host resistance and mate choice: Battle of the genders in a simultaneous hermaphrodite

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1523, 2003, Pages 1481-1485

  Webster, Joanne P ^a   Hoffman, Joseph I ^a,c   Berdoy, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Game theory; Host resistance; Mate choice; Parasite; Schistosomes; Snail

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HERMAPHRODITE; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAIL;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GAME; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SNAIL;

BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0038499603     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2354     Document Type: Article

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