Parasite transgenerational effects on infection

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-469

  Little, Tom ^a   Birch, Jane ^a   Vale, Pedro ^a   Tseng, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Genetic variation; Genotype x environment interaction; Maternal effect; Parasitism; Pasteuria; Pathogen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

EID: 34248145011     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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