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Parasite load

Parasite load is a measure of the number and virulence of the parasitesthat an organismhas. In evolutionary biology, parasite load has important implications for sexual selectionand the evolution of sex.

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http://www.zoo.ufl.edu/bolker/eeid/notes/sexsel.html

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Categories: Ecology stubs| Parasitology| Evolutionary biology

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