Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Host sexual dimorphism affects the outcome of within-host pathogen competition
S. A. Y. Gipson, L. Jimenez, M. Hall
The paper investigates how host sex influences pathogen competition in co-infections, finding that female hosts favor more virulent pathogens while male hosts show neutral or less virulent outcomes.
DOI 10.1111/evo.13760