Cost of resistance to parasites in digital organisms

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 845-853

  Kraaijeveld, Alex R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Costs of resistance; Digital organisms; Parasites; Tierra

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SOFTWARE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 34247482691     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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