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Mortality trajectory analysis reveals the drivers of sex-specific epidemiology in natural wildlife–disease interactions
In animal populations, males are commonly more susceptible to disease-induced mortality than females. However, three competing mechanisms can cause this sex bias: weak males may simultaneously be more prone to exposure to infection and mortality; being ‘male’ may be an imperfect proxy for the underl...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25056621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0526 |