Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive effort: malaria parasites respond to resource availability
Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive effort: malaria parasites respond to resource availability
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England: The Royal Society
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English
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England: The Royal Society
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The trade-off between survival and reproduction is fundamental in the life history of all sexually reproducing organisms. This includes malaria parasites, which rely on asexually replicating stages for within-host survival and on sexually reproducing stages (gametocytes) for between-host transmission. The proportion of asexual stages that form game...
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Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive effort: malaria parasites respond to resource availability
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TN_cdi_royalsociety_journals_10_1098_rspb_2017_1229
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_royalsociety_journals_10_1098_rspb_2017_1229
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0962-8452
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1471-2954
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10.1098/rspb.2017.1229
