Cooperation and conflict in host manipulation: Interactions among macro-parasites and micro-organisms

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages 1-1

  Cézilly, Frank ^a,b   Perrot Minnot, Marie Jeanne ^a   Rigaud, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Extended phenotype; Horizontal transmission; Host manipulation; Multidimensionality; Trophic transmission; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84905195467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00248     Document Type: Review

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