Escaping Parasites and Pathogens
New mathematical Model Explains How Hosts Survive Parasite Attacks
The lead author of a new study in Nature explains how multiple traits in host-parasite interactions give the host a unique evolutionary advantage that helps it survive.
Dr. Tucker Gilman
is a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). The study appears in the
March 4 online edition of Nature. For more information, read the NIMBioS Featured Science story.
(1 min 08 sec) March 4, 2012
