A gene's-eye view of symbiont transmission

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 542-550

  Smith, Jeff ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutualism; Selfish genetic elements; Social evolution; Symbiosis; Vertical transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTUALISM; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 34948908648     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521236     Document Type: Article

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