Vertical transmission selects for reduced virulence in a plant virus and for increased resistance in the host.
For the last three decades, evolutionary biologists have sought to understand which factors modulate the evolution of parasite virulence. Although theory has identified several of these modulators, their effect has seldom been analysed experimentally. We investigated the role of two such major facto...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4117603?pdf=render |