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The evolution of disease resistance and tolerance in spatially structured populations

The ubiquitous challenge from infectious disease has prompted the evolution of diverse host defenses, which can be divided into two broad classes: resistance (which limits pathogen growth and infection) and tolerance (which does not limit infection, but instead reduces or offsets its negative fitnes...

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Autores principales: Horns, Felix, Hood, Michael E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.290