Open AccessHost Sexual Dimorphism and Parasite Adaptation
Author(s) -
David Duneau,
Dieter Ebert
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001271
Subject(s) - biology , host (biology) , parasite hosting , sexual dimorphism , adaptation (eye) , evolutionary biology , sexual selection , zoology , sex characteristics , ecology , genetics , neuroscience , world wide web , computer science
Disease expression and prevalence often vary in the different sexes of the host. This is typically attributed to innate differences of the two sexes but specific adaptations by the parasite to one or other host sex may also contribute to these observations.
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