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Influencing random transmission is a neutral character in hosts.

The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 1999

Rózsa L

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This study introduces an individual-based model on a host-parasite assemblage to investigate whether hosts are necessarily selected for obstructing the transmission of virulent parasites to conspecifics. Contrary to the widespread notion, a host's ability to influence parasite transmission within the host population is a neutral character provided that parasite transmission routes are random, with no reference to...

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PMID: 10647033

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