Adaptive plasticity in the gametocyte conversion rate of malaria parasites.
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 plas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007371 |