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Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive effort: malaria parasites respond to resource availability

The trade-off between survival and reproduction is fundamental in the life history of all sexually reproducing organisms. This includes malaria parasites, which rely on asexually replicating stages for within-host survival and on sexually reproducing stages (gametocytes) for between-host transmissio...

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Autores principales: Birget, Philip L. G., Repton, Charlotte, O'Donnell, Aidan J., Schneider, Petra, Reece, Sarah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28768894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1229