Adaptive plasticity in the gametocyte conversion rate of malaria parasites
Adaptive plasticity in the gametocyte conversion rate of malaria parasites
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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United States: Public Library of Science
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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...
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Adaptive plasticity in the gametocyte conversion rate of malaria parasites
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2251105145
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2251105145
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1553-7374,1553-7366
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1553-7374
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1007371
