Manipulation of host behaviour by Toxoplasma gondii : what is the minimum a proposed proximate mechanism should explain?

The behavioural manipulation hypothesis posits that parasites can change the behaviour of hosts to increase the reproductive fitness of the parasite. The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii fits this description well. Sexual reproduction occurs in the cat intestine, from which highly...

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Main Authors: Vyas, Ajai, Sapolsky, Robert M.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93960
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7471
http://folia.paru.cas.cz/detail.php?id=21375
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English