Host-pathogen interactions, insect outbreaks, and natural selection for disease Resistance

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 829-842

  Elderd, Bret D ^a,c   Dushoff, Jonathan ^b   Dwyer, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex dynamics; Evolution of resistance; Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar); Host pathogen interactions; Nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; PATHOGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 56649085215     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592403     Document Type: Article

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