Virulence-transmission trade-offs and population divergence in virulence in a naturally occurring butterfly parasite

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7489-7494

  De Roode, Jacobus C ^a   Yates, Andrew J ^a   Altizer, Sonia ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Danaus plexippus; Disease; Epidemiology; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; VIRULENCE;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BUTTERFLIES; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 44949197696     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710909105     Document Type: Article

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