Genetic variation in resistance, but not tolerance, to a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1706, 2011, Pages 751-759

  Lefèvre, Thierry ^a   Williams, Amanda Jo ^a   De Roode, Jacobus C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host parasite interactions; Monarch butterfly; Ophryocystis elektroscirrha; Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PROTOZOAN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; OPHRIOCYSTIS ELEKTROSCIRRHA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79951792607     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1479     Document Type: Article

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