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Parasite Infectivity Evolution

Parasite Infectivity Evolution is a theoretical construct in host-parasite coevolution that specifies the adaptive changes in a parasite’s ability to successfully infect and establish within a host, driven by selective pressures arising from host immune defenses and ecological interactions.

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153

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88

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2017–2026

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Differential impact of simultaneous migration on coevolving hosts and parasites.

Andrew D. Morgan, Michael A. Brockhurst, L. D. C. LOPEZ‐PASCUA et al. · BMC Evolutionary Biology · 2007 · 275 citations · Full text

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Rapid evolution and ecological host–parasite dynamics

Meghan A. Duffy, Lena Sivars‐Becker · Ecology Letters · 2006 · 258 citations

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Parasite―host coevolution and geographic patterns of parasite infectivity and host susceptibility

Sergé Morand, Samantha Manning, Mark Woolhouse · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1996 · 237 citations

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Do Hosts and Parasites Coevolve? Empirical Support from the <i>Schistosoma</i> System

Joanne P. Webster, Charlotte Gower, L. Blair · The American Naturalist · 2004 · 121 citations

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PARASITE-HOST SPECIFICITY: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE BASIS OF PARASITE ADAPTATION

Tom J. Little, Kathryn Watt, Dieter Ebert · Evolution · 2006 · 111 citations

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Authors

153

  1. AB
    Angus Buckling

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 607 citations

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  2. TJ
    Tom J. Little

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 301 citations

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  3. CM
    Curtis M. Lively

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    3 publications · 205 citations

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  4. BK
    Britt Koskella

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 178 citations

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  5. DE
    Dieter Ebert

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    3 publications · 276 citations

    3

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Institutions

88

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    36 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    659 citations

  4. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    614 citations

  5. Université de Perpignan

    Perpignan, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    682 citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    789 citations

  7. University of Basel

    Basel, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    348 citations

  8. Institut de Biologia Evolutiva

    Barcelona, Spain

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    483 citations

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  1. Evolution

    7 publications · 434 citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 5 publications · 339 citations

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  3. BMC Evolutionary Biology

    4 publications · 403 citations

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  4. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 3 publications · 198 citations

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  5. Parasitology

    3 publications · 173 citations

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