Manipulation or adjustment : why rodents infected with toxoplasma lose their fear of predators?
Rodents infected with Toxoplasma Gondii lose their innate fear of predator odours. This behavioural change has been hypothesized to be a form of manipulation by the parasite to increase its transmission efficiency to its definitive host. However, there are several challenges to this hypothesis, incl...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67363 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |