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The evolution of host-parasite range.
The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2010
Best A, White A, Kisdi E, Antonovics J, Brockhurst M A, Boots M
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the coevolution of hosts and parasites is one of the key challenges for evolutionary biology. In particular, it is important to understand the processes that generate and maintain variation. Here, we examine a coevolutionary model of hosts and parasites where infection does not depend on absolute rates of transmission and defense but is approximately all-or-nothing, depending on the relative levels...
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