Why are male malaria parasites in such a rush?: Sex-specific evolution and host-parasite interactions

Evolution, Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Khan, Shahid M ^a   Reece, Sarah E ^b   Waters, Andrew P ^c   Janse, Chris J ^a   Kaczanowski, Szymon ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Host parasite coevolution; Plasmodium; Sex specific selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84897141548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20506201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eos003     Document Type: Article

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