A limited host immune range facilitates the creation and maintenance of diversity in parasite virulence

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Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Best, Alex ^a   Hoyle, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Evolution; Host parasite; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886699216     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2013.0024     Document Type: Article

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