Decomposing parasite fitness in a two-host, two-parasite system reveals the underpinnings of parasite specialization
E. J. P. Lievens, J. M. A. Perreau, P. Agnew, Y. Michalakis, T. Lenormand
The paper measures parasite fitness across two host species and decomposes specialization into traits, showing partial specialization with trade-offs in virulence and transmission.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2018Evolutionary Biology