Alternative life-history and transmission strategies in a parasite: First come, first served?

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-141

  Poulin, R ^a   Lefebvre, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Gobiomorphus cotidianus; Progenesis; Stegodexamene anguillae; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GONADS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEX FACTORS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; GOBIOMORPHUS COTIDIANUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 30144444327     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200500870X     Document Type: Article

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