From an evolutionary perspective, social behaviours are those which have fitness
consequences for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another individual …

Microorganisms communicate and cooperate to perform a wide range of multicellular
behaviours, such as dispersal, nutrient acquisition, biofilm formation and quorum sensing …

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical and empirical studies of sex
allocation, transforming how we understand the allocation of resources to male and female …

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 …

Understanding the importance of gametocyte density on human-to-mosquito transmission is
of immediate relevance to malaria control. Previous work (Churcher et al., 2013) indicated a …

The protozoan Plasmodium falciparum has a complex life cycle in which asexual
multiplication in the vertebrate host alternates with an obligate sexual reproduction in the …

Malaria parasites and related Apicomplexans are the causative agents of the some of the
most serious infectious diseases of humans, companion animals, livestock and wildlife …

Malaria remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, despite decades of public
health efforts. The recent commitment by many endemic countries to eliminate malaria …

Sex ratio theory attempts to explain variation at all levels (species, population, individual,
brood) in the proportion of offspring that are male (the sex ratio). In many cases this work has …