Changes in Haemoproteus sex ratios: Fertility insurance or differential sex lifespan?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1548, 2004, Pages 1605-1609

  Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Sanz, Juan José ^a   Arriero, Elena ^a   Folgueira, Cristina ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gametocyte sex ratios; Haemoproteus majoris; Haemospororin parasites; Intensity of infection; Malaria parasites; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE;

FITNESS; MALARIA; PARASITE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMETOCYTE; HEMOPROTEUS MAJORIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS MAJORIS; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242891756     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2764     Document Type: Article

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