Evidence of trade-offs shaping virulence evolution in an emerging wildlife pathogen

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1271-1278

  Williams, P D ^a   Dobson, A P ^a   Dhondt, K V ^b   Hawley, D M ^c   Dhondt, A A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cage experiment; Eye lesions; House finch; Maximum likelihood; Trade off; Transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CORRELATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PATHOGEN; POULTRY; VIRULENCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FINCH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FINCHES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM;

EID: 84901591538     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12379     Document Type: Article

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