Clonal diversity alters the infection dynamics of a malaria parasite (Plasmodium mexicanum) in its vertebrate host

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 529-536

  Vardo Zalik, Anne M ^a,b   Schall, Jos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal diversity; Infection dynamics; Malaria parasite; Plasmodium; Plasmodium mexicanum

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAMETE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALARIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LIZARD; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARDS; PLASMODIUM; REPRODUCTION;

PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63849114924     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1866.1     Document Type: Article

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