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| Title |
The Evolution of Trophic Transmission
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Parasitology, March 1999
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| DOI | 10.1016/s0169-4758(99)01397-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
K.D. Lafferty |
| Abstract |
Parasite increased trophic transmission (PITT) is one of the more fascinating tales of parasite evolution. The implications of this go beyond cocktail party anecdotes and science fiction plots as the phenomenon is pervasive and likely to be ecologically and evolutionarily important. Although the subject has already received substantial review, Kevin Lafferty here focuses on evolutionary aspects that have not been fully explored, specifically: (1) How strong should PITT be? (2) How might sexual selection and limb autotomy facilitate PITT? (3) How might infrapopulation regulation in final hosts be important in determining avoidance of infected prey? And (4) what happens when more than one species of parasite is in the same intermediate host? |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 248 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 4% |
| Brazil | 5 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 225 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 57 | 23% |
| Researcher | 38 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 44 | 18% |
| Unknown | 30 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 163 | 66% |
| Environmental Science | 19 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 3% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 4% |
| Unknown | 39 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 October 2021.
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#1,305
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#11,698
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#3
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