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Alex Best

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Publications

36

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2.3K

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Active since

2007

Affiliations

University of Sheffield(Current)

University of Exeter

Heriot-Watt University

Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences

ETH Zurich

Alex Best is an author at University of Sheffield specializing in life sciences, host-parasite coevolution, and evolutionary biology.

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Publications per year

2007–2023

36

Publications

36

Parasite Exposure Drives Selective Evolution of Constitutive versus Inducible Defense

Edze R. Westra, Stineke van Houte, Sam Oyesiku-Blakemore et al. · Current Biology · 2015 · 301 citations · Full text

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Deleterious Mutations Can Surf to High Densities on the Wave Front of an Expanding Population

Justin M. J. Travis, Tamara Münkemüller, O. Burton et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 2007 · 236 citations · Full text

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Maintenance of host variation in tolerance to pathogens and parasites

Alex Best, Andrew White, Mike Boots · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 198 citations · Full text

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The Implications of Coevolutionary Dynamics to Host‐Parasite Interactions

Alex Best, Andy White, Mike Boots · The American Naturalist · 2009 · 112 citations

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THE COEVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF HOST TOLERANCE

Alex Best, Andy White, Mike Boots · Evolution · 2014 · 110 citations

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