On the evolution of reproductive restraint in malaria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1639, 2008, Pages 1217-1224

  Mideo, Nicole ^a   Day, Troy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversion rate; Evolution; Gametocytes; Malaria; Multiple infections

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALARIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; REPRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GAMETOCYTE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIXED INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 41649116866     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1545     Document Type: Article

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