Epidemiology in evolutionary time: The case of Wolbachia horizontal transmission between arthropod host species

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2149-2160

  Zug, R ^a   Koehncke, A ^a   Hammerstein, P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod species; Epidemiology; Evolution of resistance; Horizontal transmission; Host phylogeny; SIRS model; Small world network; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOSYMBIONT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; WOLBACHIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84868193128     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02601.x     Document Type: Article

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