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BIOLOGY 4AE3

THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF ORGANISMS

Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · Ecology&Evolution Of Organism · C01

Readings

  • Etext The Art Of Being A Parasite - Permanent Access
    Combes · Suggested
    ISBN 9780226778723; 9780226114385
Fall 2025 · C01

Topics

  • Epidemic dynamics
  • Within-host dynamics of pathogen populations
  • ID and host populations
  • Within-host communities of pathogens
  • ID and host communities
  • Host-parasite coevolution
  • Evolution of virulence
  • Evolution of specificity
  • Parasite life history and sex ratios
  • Red Queen dynamics
  • Parasite-mediated sexual selection
  • Host manipulation
  • Topics, order, and timing are provisional

Readings

  • The Art of Being a Parasite
    Claude Combes · 2005 · Recommended / optional
    University of Chicago Press · ISBN 9780226114385
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