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Stress and sex in malaria parasites: Why does commitment vary?

For vector-borne parasites such as malaria, how within- and between-host processes interact to shape transmission is poorly understood. In the host, malaria parasites replicate asexually but for transmission to occur, specialized sexual stages (gametocytes) must be produced. Despite the central role...

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Autores principales: Carter, Lucy M., Kafsack, Björn F.C., Llinás, Manuel, Mideo, Nicole, Pollitt, Laura C., Reece, Sarah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24481194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eot011