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The adaptive evolution of virulence: a review of theoretical predictions and empirical tests

Why is it that some parasites cause high levels of host damage (i.e. virulence) whereas others are relatively benign? There are now numerous reviews of virulence evolution in the literature but it is nevertheless still difficult to find a comprehensive treatment of the theory and data on the subject...

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Autores principales: CRESSLER, CLAYTON E., McLEOD, DAVID V., ROZINS, CARLY, VAN DEN HOOGEN, JOSÉE, DAY, TROY
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26302775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003118201500092X