Information use and plasticity in the reproductive decisions of malaria parasites

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Carter, Lucy M ^a   Schneider, Petra ^a   Reece, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Conversion rate; Gametocyte investment; Host parasite interactions; Phenotypic plasticity; Sex ratio; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI INFECTION; REPRODUCTION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84897971635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-115     Document Type: Article

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