Empirical support for optimal virulence in a castrating parasite
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Jensen, Knut Helge
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Little, Tom
The School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Skorping, Arne
Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Ebert, Dieter
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - Zoologisches Institut, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Published in:
- Plos Biology. - 2006, vol. 4, no. 7, p. e197
English
The trade-off hypothesis for the evolution of virulence predicts that parasite transmission stage production and host exploitation are balanced such that lifetime transmission success (LTS) is maximised. However, the experimental evidence for this prediction is weak, mainly because LTS, which indicates parasite fitness, has been difficult to measure. For castrating parasites, this simple model... Show more…
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- Faculté des sciences
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- Biologie
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Biology
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/300005