Virulence and transmission modes in metapopulations: When group selection increases virulence

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 286-296

  Ferdy, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Group selection; Horizontal transmission; Metapopulation; Vertical transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; GROUP SELECTION; METAPOPULATION; PATHOGEN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INVASION; SYMBIONT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 57749175309     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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