Kin selection theory predicts that the damage to a host resulting from parasite infection
(parasite virulence) will be negatively correlated to the relatedness between parasites within …

Social interactions between conspecific parasites are partly dependent on the relatedness of
interacting parasites (kin selection), which, in turn, is predicted to affect the extent of damage …

There has been much interest in using social evolution theory to predict the damage to a
host from parasite infection, termed parasite virulence. Most of this work has focused on how …

Classical models of virulence evolution conclude that the increased competition favoured by
multiple infection will select for increasing consumption and deterioration of the host …

Background Efficient host exploitation by parasites is frequently likely to depend on
cooperative behaviour. Under these conditions, mixed-strain infections are predicted to …

Variation among parasite strains can affect the progression of disease or the effectiveness of
treatment. What maintains parasite diversity? Here I argue that competition among parasites …

The costs and benefits of parasite virulence are analysed in an evolutionarily stable strategy
(ESS) model. Increased host mortality caused by disease (virulence) reduces a parasite's …

Conventional models predict that low genetic relatedness among parasites that coinfect the
same host leads to the evolution of high parasite virulence. Such models assume adaptive …

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 …

The evolution of parasite virulence and the origin of cooperative genomes in primitive cells
are both problems that balance cooperative and competitive interactions among symbionts. I …