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Adaptive plasticity in the gametocyte conversion rate of malaria parasites

14 Nov 2018

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Sexually reproducing parasites, such as malaria parasites, experience a trade-off between the allocation of resources to asexual replication and the production of sexual forms. Allocation by malaria parasites to sexual forms (the conversion rate) is variable but the evolutionary drivers of this plasticity are poorly understood. We use evolutionary theory for life histories to combine a mathematical model and...

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PMID: 30427935
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007371

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