The genetic basis of infection determines the dynamics of host–parasite coevolution and
associated phenomena such as local adaptation and the evolution of sex and …

Ewald (1994) has suggested that vector-borne parasites are expected to evolve a higher
level of host exploitation than directly transmitted parasites, and this should thereby result in …

One of the most accepted views in the theoretical literature on virulence evolution is that a
parasite's virulence will evolve to higher levels when its host's background mortality rate …

Dieter Ebert and William D. Hamilton arasites-here broadly de fined as damage-producing
organisms, including mi-I crobial pathogens, traditional parasites and small herbivoresare …

In this study we introduce a mechanistic framework for modeling host–parasite coevolution
using a nested modeling approach. The first step in this approach is to construct a …

Allelic diversity is common at host loci involved in parasite recognition, such as the major
histocompatibility complex in vertebrates or gene-for-gene relationships in plants, and in …

For most of the past century, the conventional wisdom in parasitology and epidemiology has
been that a well adapted parasite is a benign parasite (parasites being defined broadly to …

Characteristics of hosts and parasites have a genetic basis, and thus can be shaped by
coevolution. Infections measured under laboratory conditions have shown that the …

The trade-off hypothesis of virulence evolution rests on the assumption that infection-
induced mortality is a consequence of host exploitation by parasites. This hypothesis lies at …

Most models of virulence evolution assume that a parasite cannot raise its transmission rate
without causing more harm to its host. However, the existence of such trade-off relationships …