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Sex ratio adjustment and kin discrimination in malaria parasites.

Nature - 29 May 2008

Reece Sarah E, Drew Damien R, Gardner Andy

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Malaria parasites and related Apicomplexans are the causative agents of the some of the most serious infectious diseases of humans, companion animals, livestock and wildlife. These parasites must undergo sexual reproduction to transmit from vertebrate hosts to vectors, and their sex ratios are consistently female-biased. Sex allocation theory, a cornerstone of evolutionary biology, is remarkably successful at...

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PMID: 18509435
DOI: 10.1038/nature06954
PMCID: PMC3807728

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