The epidemiology and evolution of symbionts with mixed-mode transmission

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 623-643

  Ebert, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Microbiota; Mutualism; Parasite; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MUTUALISM; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84888607302     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-032513-100555     Document Type: Review

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