Evolutionary parasitology : the integrated study of infections, immunology, ecology, and genetics /

Parasites are among the most serious threats for any organism. This book brings together the knowledge from different fields and traces the basic ecological and evolutionary principles behind the eternal and momentous struggle between hosts and their parasites and how we understand it today.

Main Author: Schmid-Hempel, Paul, (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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Online Access:Oxford scholarship online
Summary:Parasites are among the most serious threats for any organism. This book brings together the knowledge from different fields and traces the basic ecological and evolutionary principles behind the eternal and momentous struggle between hosts and their parasites and how we understand it today.
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (576 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191870873 (ebook) :