The maintenance of sex: Host-parasite coevolution with density-dependent virulence

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2086-2093

  Lively, C M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency dependent selection; Host parasite coevolution; Population dynamics; Red Queen hypothesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; COEVOLUTION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GENDER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70349220048     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01824.x     Document Type: Article

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