Parasite load

Parasite load

Parasite load is a measure of the number and virulence of the parasites that a host organism harbours. Quantitative parasitology deals with measures to quantify parasite loads in samples of hosts and to make statistical comparisons of parasitism across host samples. In evolutionary biology, parasite load has important implications for sexual selection and the evolution of sex.

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* [http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/Courses/ZOO4926/2007Spring/Bolker/notes/sexsel.html notes on parasite-driven sexual selection from a parasite ecology/evolution course]


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