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Publications

Key Papers (2000— )

Read et al. 2009. How to build an evolution-proof insecticide for malaria control. PLoS Biology. 7 (4): e1000058. PDF
Wargo et al. 2007. Competitive release and facilitation of drug resistant parasites following therapeutic chemotherapy in a rodent malaria model. PNAS. 104: 19914. PDF
Råberg et al. 2007. Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals. Science. 318: 812. PDF
Blanford et al. 2005. Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission. Science. 308: 1638. PDF
de Roode et al. 2005. Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections. PNAS. 102: 7624. PDF
Mackinnon & Read 2004. Immunity promotes virulence evolution in a malaria model. PLoS Biology. 2 (9). PDF
Gandon et al. 2001. Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence. Nature. 414: 751. PDF

All Refereed Papers

2007-2006 2005-2004 2003-2002 2001-2000 last century

In press

Pepin, K.M., Lass, S., Pulliam, J.R.C., Read, A.F., & Lloyd-Smith, J.O. Identifying genetic markers of adaptation for surveillance of viral host jumps. Nature Reviews Microbiology. Request a preprint.
Rivero, A. Vezilier, J., Weill, M., Read, A.F., & Gandon, S. Insecticide resistance and vector borne disease transmission. PLoS Pathogens. Request a preprint.

2010

Huijben, S., Nelson, W.A., Wargo, A.R., Sim, D.G., Drew, D.R., & Read, A.F. Chemotherapy, within-host ecology and the fitness of drug resistant malaria parasites. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01068.x (Article online in advance of print)
Long, G.H., Karanikas, A.T., Harvill, E.T., Read, A.F., & Hudson, P.J. Acellular pertussis vaccination facilitates Bordetella parapertussis infection in a rodent model of bordetellosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 277: 2017-2025.. PDF
Pulkkinen, K., Suomalainen, L-R, Read, A.F., Ebert, D, Rintamäki, P. & Valtonen E.T. Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 277: 593-600. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1659133. PDF

2009

Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 106: 13844-13849. PDF. Supporting information. Press release.
Koella, J.C., Lynch., P.A., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. Towards evolution-proof malaria control with insecticides. Evolutionary Applications. 2: 469-480. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00072.x PDF
Blanford, S., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. Thermal behaviour of Anopheles stephensi in response to infection with malaria and fungal entomopathogens. Malaria Journal. 8:72 DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-8-72. PDF
Read, A.F., Lynch, P.A. & Thomas, M.B. How to build an evolution-proof insecticide for malaria control. PLoS Biology. 7 (4). e1000058. PDF. Supplementary Information. Live journal article. Media.
Bell, A.S., Blanford, S., Jenkins, N., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. Real-time quantitative PCR for analysis of candidate fungal biopesticides against malaria: technique validation and first applications. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 100: 160-168. PDF
Read, A.F. & Huijben, S. Evolutionary biology and the avoidance of antimicrobial resistance. Evolutionary Applications. 2: 40-51. PDF
Råberg, L., Graham, A.L. & Read, A.F. Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B. 364: 37-49. PDF

2008

Schneider, P., Chan, B.H.K., Reece, S.E., & Read, A.F. Does the drug sensitivity of malaria parasites depend on their virulence? Malaria Journal. 7:257. PDF Commentary
Barclay, V.C., Chan, B.H.K., Anders, R.F., & Read, A.F. Mixed allele malaria vaccines: host protection and within-host selection. Vaccine. 26: 6099-6107. PDF
Mideo, N., Barclay, V.C., Chan, B.H.K., Savill, N.J., Read, A.F., & Day, T. Understanding and predicting strain-specific patterns of pathogenesis in the rodent malaria, Plasmodium chabaudi. American Naturalist. 172: E214-E238. PDF
Mideo, N., Day, T., & Read, A.F. Modelling malaria pathogenesis. Cellular Microbiology. 10: 1947-1955. PDF
Mackinnon, M.J., Gandon, S., & Read, A.F. Virulence evolution in response to vaccination: the case of malaria. Vaccine 26S: C42-C52. PDF
Long, G.H., Chan. B.H.K., Allen, J.E., Read, A.F., & Graham, A.L. Experimental manipulation of immune-mediated disease and its fitness costs for rodent malaria parasites. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:128 doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-128. PDF. For further commentary click here.
Crooks, L. Problems with continuous-time malaria models in describing gametocytogenesis. Parasitology. 135: 881-896. PDF
Grech, K., Chan, B.H.K., Anders, R.F & Read, A.F. The impact of immunization on competition with Plasmodium infections. Evolution. 62: 2359-2371. PDF
Barclay, V.C., Råberg, L., Chan, B.H.K., Brown, S., Gray, D. & Read, A.F. CD4+ T cells do not mediate within-host competition between genetically diverse malaria parasite. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 275: 1171-1179. PDF
Lynch, P.A., Grimm, U., & Read, A.F. How will public and animal health interventions drive life history evolution in parasitic nematodes? Parasitology. 135: 1599-1611. PDF
Long, G.H., Chan. B.H.K., Allen, J.E., Read, A.F., & Graham, A.L. Blockade of TNF receptor 1 reduces disease severity but increases parasite transmission during Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi infection. International Journal for Parasitology. 38: 1073-1081 PDF
Lamb, T.J., Harris, A., Le Goff, L., Read, A.F., & Allen, J.E. Litomosoides sigmodontis: Vaccine-induced immune responses against Wolbachia surface protein can enhance the survival of filarial nematodes during primary infection. Experimental Parasitology. 118: 285-289. PDF

2007

Wargo, A. R., Huijben, S., de Roode, J.C., Shepard, J., & Read, A.F. 2007. Competitive release and facilitation of drug resistant parasites following therapeutic chemotherapy in a rodent malaria model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 104: 19914-19919. PDF
Råberg, L., Sim, D. & Read, A.F.2007. Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals. Science. 318: 812-814. PDF. For supplementary online material: PDF
Grech, K., Maung, L.A., & Read, A.F. 2007. The effect of parental rearing conditions on offspring life history in Anopheles stephensi. Malaria Journal. 6:130. PDF
Day, T., Graham, A.L., & Read, A.F. 2007. Evolution of parasite virulence when host responses cause disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 274: 2685-2692. PDF
Wargo A. R., De Roode J. C., Huijben S., Drew D. R., Read A. F. 2007. Transmission stage investment of malaria parasites in response to in-host competition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 274: 2759-2768. PDF
Lythgoe, K.A., Morrison, L.J., Read, A.F. & Barry, J. D. 2007. Parasite-intrinsic factors can explain ordered progression of trypanosome antigenic variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 104 (19): 8095-8100. PDF 'F1000 Factor 9.0'
Thomas, M.B & Read, A.F. 2007. Can fungal biopesticides control malaria? Nature Microbiology Reviews 5: 377-383. PDF

2006

Long, G. H., Chan, B. H. K., Allen, J. E., Read, A. F., & Graham, A. L. 2006. Parasite genetic diversity does not influence TNF-mediated effects on the virulence of primary rodent malaria infections. Parasitology. 133: 673-684. PDF
Grech, K., Watt, K., & Read, A.F. 2006. Host-by-parasite interactions for virulence and resistance in a malaria model system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19: 1620-1630. PDF Commentary
Bell, A.S, de Roode, J.C., Sim, D., & Read, A.F. 2006. Within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections: parasite virulence and competitive success. Evolution. 60: 1358-1371. PDF
Råberg, L., de Roode, J.C., Bell, A.S., Stamou, P., Gray, D., & Read, A.F. 2006. The role of immune-mediated apparent competition in genetically diverse malaria infections. American Naturalist.168: 41-53. PDF ASN Featured Paper of the Month- PDF .
Wargo, A., Randle, N., Chan, B.H.K., Thompson, J., Read, A.F., & Babiker, H.A. 2006. Plasmodium chabaudi: reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) for the detection and quantification of transmission stage malaria parasites. Experimental Parasitology 112: 13-20. PDF

2005

Mitchell, S.E., & Read, A.F. 2005. Poor maternal environment enhances offspring disease resistance in an invertebrate. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 272: 2601-2607.
Shutler, D., Reece, S.E., Mullie, A., Billingsley, P.F., & Read, A.F. 2005. Rodent malaria parasites Plasmodium chabaudi and P. vinckei do not increase their rates of gametocytogenesis in response to mosquito probing. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 272: 2397-2402. PDF
de Roode, J.C., Helinski, M.E.H., Anwar, M., & Read, A.F. 2005. Dynamics of multiple infection and within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections. The American Naturalist.166: 531-542. PDF
Graham, A. L., Allen, J. E., & Read, A. F. 2005. Evolutionary causes and consequences of immunopathology. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics. 36: 337-397. PDF
Ferguson, H. M., Gouagna, L. C., Obare, P., Babiker, H., Githure, J., Read, A. F. and Beier, J. C. 2005. The presence of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood increases the gravidity of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.73: 321-320. PDF
Morrison, L.J., Majiwa, P.A.O., Read, A.F., & Barry, J.D. 2005. Probabilistic order in antigenic variation of Trypanosoma brucei. International Journal for Parasitology.35: 961-972. PDF
Nassir, E., Abdel-Muhsin, A., Suliaman, S., Kenyon, F., Kheir, A., Geha, H., Ferguson, H. M., Walliker, D. & H. A. Babiker. 2005. Impact of genetic complexity on longevity and gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum during the dry and transmission-free season of eastern Sudan. International Journal for Parasitology.35: 49-55. PDF
Little, T.J., Hultmark, D., & Read, A.F. 2005. Invertebrate immunity and the limits of mechanistic immunology. Nature Immunology.6: 651-654. PDF
Blanford, S., Chan, B.H.K., Jenkins, N., Sim, D., Turner, R.J., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. 2005. Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission. Science 308: 1638-1641. PDF For supplementary online material click here. For photographs of fungus infected mosquitoes click here. For subsequent correspondence click here. For further commentary click here.
de Roode, J.C., Pansini, R., Cheesman, S.J., Helinski, M.E.H., Huijben, S., Wargo, A.R., Bell, A.S., Chan, B.H.K., Walliker, D., & Read, A.F. 2005. Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 102: 7624-7628 PDF
Reece, S.E., Duncan, A.B., West, S.A., & Read, A.F. 2005. Host cell preference and variable transmission startegies in malaria parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B.272: 511-517. PDF
Mackinnon, M.J., Bell, A., & Read, A.F. 2005. The effects of mosquito transmission and population bottlenecking on virulence, multiplication rate and rosetting in rodent malaria. International Journal for Parasitology.35: 145-153. PDF
Mitchell, S.E., Rogers, E.S., Little, T. & Read, A.F. 2005. Host-parasite and genotype by environment interactions: temperature modifies potential for selection by a sterilising pathogen. Evolution. 59: 70-80. PDF
Graham A.L., Lamb T.J., Read A.F. & Allen J.E. 2005. Malaria-filaria co-infection in mice makes malarial disease more severe unless filarial infection achieves patency. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 191: 410-21. PDF

2004

Guinnee, M.A., West, S.A & Little, T.J. 2004. Testing small clutch size models with Daphnia. The American Naturalist. 163: 880-887. PDF
Ferguson, H. M. & Read, A.F. 2004. Mosquito appetite for blood is stimulated by Plasmodium chabaudi infection in themselves and their vertebrate hosts. Malaria Journal 3: 12.
de Roode, J.C., Culleton, R., Bell, A.S., & Read, A.F. 2004. Competitive release of drug resistance following drug treatment of mixed Plasmodium chabaudi infections. Malaria Journal. 3:33. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-33. PDF
Mitchell, S.E., Read, A.F. & Little, T.J. 2004. The effect of a pathogen epidemic on the genetic structure and reproductive strategy of the crustacean Daphnia magna. Ecology Letters. 7: 848-858. PDF
Mackinnon, M.J. & Read, A.F. 2004. Immunity promotes virulence evolution in a malaria model. PLoS Biology. 2 (9) e230 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020230. PDF
Mackinnon, M.J. & Read, A.F. 2004. Virulence in malaria: an evolutionary viewpoint. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Biological Sciences. 359: 965-986. PDF
Ferguson, H.M. & Read, A.F. 2004. Mosquito appetite for blood is increased by Plasmodium chabaudi parasites in themselves and their vertebrate hosts. Malaria Journal. . 3:12 (http://www.malariajournal.com/content/3/1/12) PDF
De Roode, J.C., Culleton, R., Cheesman, S.J., Carter, R., & Read, A.F. 2004. Host heterogeneity is a determinant of competitive exclusion or coexistence in genetically diverse malaria infections. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 271, 1073-1080. PDF
Gouagna, L.C., Ferguson, H.M., Okech, B.A. , Killeen, G.F., Kabiru, E.W.,Beier, J.C., Githure, J.I. & Yan, G. 2004. Plasmodium falciparum malaria disease manifestations in humans and transmission to Anopheles gambiae: a field study in Western Kenya. Parasitology. 128: 235-243. PDF
Lamb, T.J., Le Goff, L., Kurniawan, A., Guiliano, D.B., Fenn, K., Blaxter, M.L., Read, A.F. &amp Allen, J.E. 2004. The majority of the response elicited against Wolbachia surface protein in the filarial nematode infection is due to infective larval stage. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 189, 120-127. PDF

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2003
Haydon, D.T., Matthews, L., Timms, R. & Colegrave, N. 2003. Top-down or bottom-up regulation of intra-host blood-stage malaria: do malaria parasites most resemble the dynamics of prey or predator? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 270: 289-298. PDF
Thomas, M.B. and Blanford, S. 2003. Thermal biology in insect-parasite interactions. Trends in Evolution and Ecology. 18: 344-349. PDF
Ferguson, H. M., Mackinnon, M.J,. Chan, B.H.K., and Read,A.F. 2003. Mosquito mortality and the evolution of malaria virulence. Evolution. 57: 2792-2804. PDF
Reece, S.E., Duncan, A.B., West, S.A., &amp Read, A.F 2003. Sex ratios in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 127: 419-425. Supplementary Info: PDF ; Reprint: PDF
Cheesman, S.J., de Roode, J.C., Read, A.F., &amp Carter, R. 2003. Real-time quatitative PCR for analysis of genetically mixed infections of malaria parasites: technique validation and applications. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.131: 83-91. PDF
de Roode, J.C., Read, A.F., Chan, B.H.K., & Mackinnon, M.J 2003. Rodent malaria parasites suffer from the presence of conspecific clones in three-clone Plasmodium chabaudi infections. Parasitology. 127: 411-418. PDF
Guinnee, M.A., Gemmill, A.W., Chan, B.H.K., Viney, M.E., & Read, A.F 2003. Host immune status affects maturation time in two nematode species-but not as predicted by a simple life history model. Parasitology. 127: 507-512. PDF
Ferguson, H.M., Rivero, A. & Read, A.F. 2003. The influence of malaria parasite genetic diversity on mosquito feeding and fecundity. Parasitology. 127: 9-19. PDF
Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M., Nee, S., & Read, A.F. 2003. Imperfect vaccination: some epidemiological and evolutionary consequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 270:1129-1136. PDF
Little, T.J., O'Connor, B., Colegrave, N., Watt, K., & Read, A.F. 2003. Maternal transfer of strain-specific immunity in an invertebrate. Current Biology. 13: 489-492. PDF
Mackinnon, M.J., & Read, A.F. 2003. The effects of host immunity on virulence-transmissibility relationships in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 126: 103-112. PDF

2002

Little.T.J. 2002. The evolutionary significance of parasitism: do parasite-driven genetic dynamics occur ex silico ? The Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15, 1-9. PDF
Le Goff, L., T. J. Lamb, A. L. Graham, Y. Harcus, and J. E. Allen. 2002. IL-4 is required to prevent filarial nematode development in resistant but not susceptible strains of mice. International Journal for Parasitology. 32: 1277-1284. PDF
Lüscher, A. & Wedekind, C. 2002. Size-dependent discrimination of mating partners in the simultaneous hermaphroditic cestode Schistocephalus solidus. Behavioral Ecology.13: 254-259.
Wedekind, C. 2002. Induced hatching to avoid infectious egg disease. Current Biology. 12: 69-71. PDF
Wedekind, C. 2002. Manipulating sex ratios for conservation: short term risks and long term benefits. Animal Conservation. 5: 13-20. PDF
Wedekind, C. & Braithwaite, V. A. 2002. The long-term benefits of human generosity in indirect reciprocity. Current Biology. 12: 1021-1026. PDF
Wedekind, C. 2002. MHC and body odors: arbitrary effects caused by shifts of mean pleasantness. Nature Genetics. 31: 237. PDF
Wedekind, C. 2002. Sexual selection and life history decisions: implications for supportive breeding and the management of captive populations. Conservation Biology. 16:1204-1211. PDF
Wedekind, C. 2002. Valuable reputation gained by altruistic behavioral patterns. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25: 279-280.
Gandon, S., Agnew, P., Michalakis, Y. 2002. Coevolution between parasite virulence and host life history. The American Naturalist.160: 374-388. PDF
Gandon, S., van Baalen, M., Jansen, V. A. A. 2002. Evolution of parasite virulence and gene-for-gene coevolution. The American Naturalist. 159: 658-669. PDF
Gandon, S., Michalakis, Y. 2002. Local adaptation, evolutionary potential and host-parasite coevolution: interactions between migration, mutation, population size and generation time. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15: 451-462. PDF
Gandon, S. 2002. Local adaptation and the geometry of host-parasite coevolution. Ecology Letters. 5: 246-256. PDF
Rousset, F. & Gandon, S. 2002. Evolution of the distribution of dispersal distance under distance-dependent cost of dispersal. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 15: 515-523. PDF
West, S.A., Smith, T.G., Nee, S. & Read, A.F. 2002. Fertility insurance and the sex ratios of malaria and related hemospororin blood parasites. Journal of Parasitology. 88: 258-263. PDF
Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M. J., Nee, S. & Read, A.F. 2002. Anti-toxin vaccines and pathogen virulence. Nature. 417: 610. PDF
Ferguson, H.M. & Read, A.F. 2002. Genetic and environmental determinants of Plasmodium virulence in vectors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 269: 1217-1224. PDF
Mackinnon, M.J., Gaffney, D.J., & Read, A.F. 2002. Virulence of rodent malaria parasites: host genotype by parasite genotype experiments. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 36: 287-296. PDF
Ferguson, H.M. & Read, A.F. 2002. Why is the effect of malaria parasites on mosquito survival still unresolved? Trends in Parasitology. 18: 256-261. PDF
Nee, S., West, S.A., & Read, A.F. 2002. Inbreeding and parasite sex ratios. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 269: 755-760. PDF

2001

Gandon, S., Mackinnon, M. J., Nee, S. & Read, A.F. 2001. Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence. Nature. 414: 751-756. PDF Supplementary Info: PDF
West, S.A., Reece, S.E., & Read, A.F. 2001. Gametocyte sex ratios of malaria and related apicomplexan (protozoa) parasites. Trends in Parasitology. 17: 525-531. PDF
Buckling, A., & Read, A.F. 2001. The effect of partial host immunity on the transmission of malaria parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 268: 2325-2330. PDF
Timms, B., Colegrave, N., Chan, B.H.K., & Read, A.F. 2001. The effect of parasite dose on severity of disease in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 123: 1-11. PDF
Read, A.F., & Taylor, L.H. 2001. The ecology of genetically diverse infections. Science. 292: 1099-1102. PDF
West, S.A., Gemmill, A.W., Graham, A., Viney, M.E. & Read, A.F. 2001. Immune stress and facultative sex in a parasitic nematode. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 333-337. PDF
Schärer, L., Karlsson, L., Christen, M. & Wedekind, C. 2001. Size dependent sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 55-67. PDF
Binz, T., Reusch, T. B. H., Wedekind, C. & Milinski, M. 2001. SSCP analysis of Mhc class IIB genes in the threespine stickleback. Journal of Fish Biology. 58: 887-890. PDF
Binz, T., Largiader, C., Müller, R. & Wedekind, C. 2001. Sequence diversity of MHC genes in lake whitefish. Journal of Fish Biology. 58: 359-373. PDF
Schärer, L. & Wedekind, C. 2001. Evidence for sperm competition in the simultaneous hermaphrodite parasite, Schistocephalus solidus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 942-953. PDF
Wedekind, C., Müller, R. & Spicher, H. 2001. Potential genetic benefits of mate selection in whitefish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 980-986. PDF

2000

Binz, T., Reusch, T. B. H., Wedekind, C., Schärer, L., Sternberg, J. M. & Milinski, M. 2000. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus. Molecular Ecology. 9: 1926-1927. PDF
Harvey, S.C., Gemmill, A.W., Read, A.F., & Viney, M.E. 2000. The control of morph development in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 267: 2057-2063. PDF
Gemmill, A.W., Viney, M.E., & Read, A.F. 2000. The evolutionary ecology of host-specificity: experimental studies with Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology 120: 429-437. PDF
West, S.A., Smith, T.G., & Read, A.F. 2000. Sex allocation and population structure in apicomplexan (Protozoa) parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 267: 257-263. PDF
Pickering, J., Read, A.F., Guerrero, S., West, S.A. 2000. Sex ratio and virulence in two species of lizard malaria parasites. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2: 171-184. PDF

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1999
West, S.A., Lively, C.M., & Read, A.F. 1999. A pluralist approach to the evolution of sex and recombination. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 1003-1012. PDF
Buckling, A.G.J., Crooks, L., & Read, A.F. 1999. Plasmodium chabaudi: Effect of antimalarial drugs on gametocytogenesis. Experimental Parasitology 93: 45-54. PDF
Gemmill, A.W., Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1999. Optimal timing of first reproduction in parasitic nematodes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 1148-1156. PDF
Mackinnon, M. J., & Read, A.F. 1999. Genetic relationships between parasite virulence and transmission in the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Evolution 53: 689-703. PDF
Buckling, A.G.J., & Read, A.F. 1999. The effects of chloroquine on the infectivity of Plasmodium chabaudi gametocytes. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 619-625. PDF
Buckling, A.G.J., Ranford-Cartwright, L., Miles, A., & Read, A.F. 1999. Chloroquine increases Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis in vitro. Parasitology 118: 339-346. PDF
Mackinnon, M. J., & Read, A.F. 1999. Selection for high and low virulence in the malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 266: 741-748. PDF
Taylor, L.H. 1999. Infection rates in, and the number of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes carried by Anopheles mosquitoes in Tanzania. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 93 (6):659-662.

1998

Gemmill, A. W. & West, S.A. 1998. Influence of rat strain on patterns of larval production by the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti. Journal of Parasitology 84: 1289-1291. PDF
Cunningham, J.P., West, S.A. & Wright, D.J. 1998. Learning in the nectar foraging behaviour of Helicoverpa armigera. Ecological Entomology. 23: 363-369. PDF
Flanagan, K.E., West, S.A. & Godfray, H.C.J. 1998. Local mate competition, variable fecundity, and information utilisation in a parasitoid. Animal Behaviour 56, 191-198. PDF
Lachlan, R.F., Crooks, L.,Laland, K.N. 1998. Who follows whom? Shoaling preferences and social learning of foraging information in guppies. Animal Behaviour 56: 181-190. PDF
Timms, R. 1998. Size-independent effects of larval host on adult fitness in Callosobruchus maculatus. Ecological Entomology 23: 480-483. PDF
West, S.A. & Herre, E.A. 1998. Partial local mate competition and the sex ratio: a study on non-pollinating fig wasps. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 11: 531-548.
West, S.A. & Herre, E.A. 1998. Stabilizing selection and variance in fig wasp sex ratios. Evolution. 52: 475-485. PDF
West, S.A., Compton, S.G., Vincent, S.L., Herre, E.A. & Cook, J.M. 1998. Virginity in haplodiploid populations: a comparison of estimation methods. Ecological Entomology.23: 207-210. PDF
West, S.A., Cook, J.M., Werren, J.H. & Godfray, H.C.J. 1998. Wolbachia in two insect host-parasitoid communities. Molecular Ecology. 7: 1457-1465. PDF
Arneberg, P., Skorping, A., Grenfell, B. & Read, A.F. 1998. Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265: 1283-1289. PDF
Arneberg, P., Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1998. Parasite abundance, body size, life histories and the energetic equivalence rule. American Naturalist.151: 497- 513. PDF
Braithwaite, V.A., Salkeld, D.J., MacAdam, H. M., Hockings, C.G., Ludlow, A.M. & Read, A.F. 1998. Spatial and discrimination learning in rodents infected with the nematode Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology 117: 145-154. PDF
Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1998. Drugs and parasites: global experiments in life history evolution? Ecology Letters 1: 10-12. PDF
Shutler, D., & Read, A.F. 1998. Local mate competition, and extraordinary and ordinary blood parasite sex ratios. Oikos 82: 417-424. PDF
Taylor, L.H., & Read, A.F. 1998. Determinants of transmission success of individual clones from mixed-clone infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. International Journal for Parasitology 28: 719-725. PDF
Taylor, L.H., Mackinnon, M.J., & Read, A.F. 1998. Virulence of mixed-clone and single-clone infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi. Evolution 52: 489-497. PDF
West, S.A., Peters, A. & Barton, N.H. 1998. Testing for epistasis between deleterious mutations. Genetics. 149: 435-444. PDF

1997

Arneberg, P., Skorping, A., & Read, A.F. 1997. Is population density a species character? Comparative analyses of the nematode parasites of mammals. Oikos 80: 289-300.

Buckling, A.G.J., Taylor, L.H., Carlton, J.M.-R., & Read, A.F. 1997. Adaptive changes in Plasmodium transmission strategies following chloroquine chemotherapy. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 264: 553-559. PDF
Gemmill, A.W., Viney, M.E., & Read, A.F. 1997. Host immune status determines sexuality in a parasitic nematode. Evolution 51: 393-401. PDF
Ranford-Cartwright L.C., Taylor, J., Umasunthar T, Taylor,L.H., Babiker H.A., Lell, B et al.1997. Molecular analysis of recrudescent parasites in a Plasmodium falciparum drug efficacy trial in Gabon. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91:719-724. PDF
Taylor, L.H., & Read, A.F. 1997. Why so few transmission stages? Reproductive restraint by malaria parasites. Parasitology Today 13: 135-140. PDF
Herre, E.A. & West, S.A. 1997. Conflict of interest in a mutualism: documenting the elusive fig wasp/seed trade-off. Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B. 264: 1501-1507. PDF
Taylor, L.H., Walliker, D., & Read, A.F. 1997. Mixed-genotype infections of malaria parasites: within-host dynamics and transmission success of competing clones. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 264: 927-935. PDF
Taylor, L.H., Walliker, D., & Read, A.F. 1997. Mixed-genotype infections of the rodent malaria Plasmodium chabaudi are more infectious to mosquitoes than single-genotype infections. Parasitology 115: 121-132. PDF

1996

Read, A.F., & Viney, M.E. 1996. Helminth immunogenetics: why bother? Parasitology Today 12: 337-343. PDF
Robert, V., Read, A.F., Essong, J., Tchuinkam, T., Mulder, B., Verhave, J.-P., & Carnevale, P. 1996. Effect of gametocyte sex ratio on infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Anopheles gambiae. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 90: 621-624. PDF
Schrag, S.J., & Read, A.F. 1996. Loss of male outcrossing ability in simultaneous hermaphrodites: phylogenetic analyses of pulmonate snails. Journal of Zoology 238: 287-299.

1995

Read, A.F., & Skorping, A. 1995. The evolution of tissue migration by parasitic nematode larvae. Parasitology 111: 359-371.
Read, A.F., Anwar, M., Shutler, D., & Nee, S. 1995. Sex allocation and population structure in malaria and related parasitic protozoa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 260: 359-363. PDF
Read, A.F., & Nee, S. 1995. Inference from binary comparative data. Journal of Theoretical Biology 173: 99-108. PDF

1994

Read, A.F. 1994. The evolution of virulence. Trends in Microbiology 2: 73-76. PDF
Norris, K., Anwar, M., & Read, A.F. 1994. Reproductive effort influences the prevalence of haematozoan parasites in great tits. Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 601-610. PDF
Schrag, S.J., Nidifon, G.T., & Read, A.F. 1994. Temperature determined outcrossing in wild populations of a simultaneous hermaphrodite snail. Ecology 75: 2066-2077. PDF
Schrag, S.J., Mooers, A. Ø., Nidifon, G.T., & Read, A.F. 1994. Ecological correlates of male outcrossing ability in a simultaneous hermaphrodite snail. American Naturalist 143: 636-655. PDF

The Read Group began in Edinburgh in 1993. If you really are looking for publications before then, email Andrew.