Parallel Patterns of Increased Virulence in a Recently Emerged Wildlife Pathogen

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hawley, Dana M ^a   Osnas, Erik E ^b,e   Dobson, Andrew P ^b   Hochachka, Wesley M ^c   Ley, David H ^d   Dhondt, André A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EVOLUTION; FINCH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAEMORHOUS MEXICANUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; SEASHORE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FINCHES; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 84878299762     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001570     Document Type: Article

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