Within-host evolution and virulence in microparasites

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 402-409

  André, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Godelle, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutations; Multilevel selection; Suboptimality; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MUTATION; PARASITE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOST; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33745761195     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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