Refereed papers

Key papers (2000-)

  • Read et al. (2011) The evolution of drug resistance and the curious orthodoxy of aggressive chemotherapy. PNAS 108: 10871 PDF
  • Read et al. (2009) How to build an evolution-proof insecticide for malaria control. PLoS Biology 7 (4) 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

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In press

  • Das, A., Anvikar, A.R., Dhiman, R.C., Eapen, A., Mishra, N., Nagpal, B.N., Nanda, N., Raghavendra, K., Read, A.F., Sharma, S.K., Singh, O.P., Singh, V., Sinnis, P., Srivastav, H.C., Sullivan, S.A., Sutton, P.L.Thomas, M.B., Carlton, J.M., Valecha, N. (in press). Malaria in India: The Center for the Study of Complex Malaria in India. Acta Tropica. Request a preprint

2011

  • Atkins, K.E., Read, A.F., Savill, N.J., Renz, K.G., Walken-Brown. S.W., & Woolhouse M.E.J. (2011). Modeling Marek’s disease virus (MDV) infection: Parameter estimates for mortality rate and infectiousness.  BMC Veterinary Research  7:70. PDF | Live journal article
  • Mideo, N., Savill, N.J., Chadwick, W., Schneider, P., Read A.F., Day, T & Reece, S.E. (2011) Causes of variation in malaria infection dynamics: insights from theory and data. American Naturalist 178: 174-188.  PDF
  • Glunt, K.D., Thomas, M.B. & Read, A.F. (2011). The effects of age, exposure history and malaria infection on the susceptibility of Anopheles mosquitoes to low concentrations of pyrethroid. PLoS One. 6(9): e24968. PDF | Live journal article
  • Blanford, S., Shi, W., Christian, R., Marden, J.H., Koekemoer, L.L., Brooke, B.D., Coetzee, M., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2011). Lethal and pre-lethal effects of a fungal biopesticide contribute to substantial and rapid control of malaria Vectors. PLoS One 6(8): e23591. PDF | Live journal article
  • Huijben, S., Sim, D., Nelson, W.A., & Read, A.F. (2011). The fitness of drug resistant malaria parasites in a rodent model: multiplicity of infection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 2410-2422. PDF | Supporting information | Data
  • Metcalf, C.J.E., Graham, A.L., Huijben, S., Barclay, V.C., Long, G.H., Grenfell, B.T., Read, A.F., & Bjornstad, O.N. (2011)  Partitioning and quantifying regulatory mechanisms acting on within host malaria using the effective propagation number. Science 333: 984-988.  PDF | Supporting information | Commentary
  • George, J., Blanford, S., Domingue, M.J., Thomas, M.B., Read, A.F. & Baker, T.C. (2011) Reduction in host-finding behavior in fungus-infected mosquitoes is correlated with reduction in olfactory receptor neuron responsiveness. Malaria Journal 10:219.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Mideo, N., Nelson, WA., Reece, S.E., Bell, A.S., Read A.F., & Day, T. (2011) Bridging scales in the evolution of infectious disease life histories: data. Evolution. 65: 3298-3310.  PDF | Supporting information
  • Read, A.F., Day, T., & Huijben, S. (2011) The evolution of drug resistance and the curious orthodoxy of aggressive chemotherapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. 108: 10871-10877.  PDF

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2010

  • Long, G.H., Sinha, D., Read, A.F., Pritt, S., Kline, B., Harvill, E.T., Hudson, P.J. & Bjørnstad, O.N. (2010) Identifying the age cohort responsible for transmission in a natural outbreak of Bordetella bronchiseptica. PLoS Pathogens. 6(12): e1001224.  PDF
  • Pepin, K.M., Lass, S., Pulliam, J.R.C., Read, A.F., & Lloyd-Smith, J.O. (2010) Identifying genetic markers of adaptation for surveillance of viral host jumps. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 8: 802-813.  PDF
  • Juliano, J.J., Porter, K., Mwapasa, V., Sem, R., Rogers, W.O., Ariey, F., Wongsrichanalai, C., Read, A.F., Meshnick, S.R. (2010) Massively parallel pyrosequencing: exposing malaria in-host diversity and estimating population diversity by capture-recapture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 107: 20138-20143.  PDF | Supporting information
  • Babayan, S.A, Read, A.F., Bain, O., & Allen, J.E. (2010) Filarial parasites develop fast and reproduce younger in life-threatening immune environments. PLoS Biology. 8 (10): e1000525.  PDF | Media | Commentary
  • Miller, M.R., Råberg, L., Read, A.F., & Savill, N.J. (2010) Quantitative analysis of immune response and erthropoiesis during rodent malaria infection. PLoS Computational Biology. 6(9): e1000946.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Rivero, A. Vezilier, J., Weill, M., Read, A.F., & Gandon, S. (2010) Insecticide control of vector-borne diseases: when is insecticide resistance a problem? PLoS Pathogens. 6(8): e1001000.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Paaijmans, K.P., Blanford, S., Bell, A.S., Blanford, J.I., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2010) Influence of climate on malaria transmission depends on daily temperature variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: 15135–15139. PDF | Supporting information
  • Huijben, S., Nelson, W.A., Wargo, A.R., Sim, D.G., Drew, D.R., & Read, A.F. (2010) Chemotherapy, within-host ecology and the fitness of drug resistant malaria parasites. Evolution 64: 2952-2968.  PDF |  Supporting information |  Commentary |  Commentary
  • Long, G.H., Karanikas, A.T., Harvill, E.T., Read, A.F., & Hudson, P.J. (2010) 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. (2010) 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. PDF

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2009

  • Paaijmans, K.P., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (2009) Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 106: 13844-13849. PDF | Supporting information | Press release | Commentary
  • Koella, J.C., Lynch., P.A., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. (2009) Towards evolution-proof malaria control with insecticides. Evolutionary Applications. 2: 469-480.  PDF
  • Blanford, S., Read, A.F., & Thomas, M.B. (2009) Thermal behaviour of Anopheles stephensi in response to infection with malaria and fungal entomopathogens. Malaria Journal. 8:72.  PDF | Live journal article
  • Read, A.F., Lynch, P.A. & Thomas, M.B. (2009) How to build an evolution-proof insecticide for malaria control. PLoS Biology 7 (4). e1000058. PDF | Supplementary Information | Live journal article | Media | Commentary
  • Bell, A.S., Blanford, S., Jenkins, N., Thomas, M.B., & Read, A.F. (2009) 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. (2009) Evolutionary biology and the avoidance of antimicrobial resistance. Evolutionary Applications. 2: 40-51. PDF
  • Råberg, L., Graham, A.L. & Read, A.F. (2009) Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B. 364: 37-49. PDF

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2008

  • Schneider, P., Chan, B.H.K., Reece, S.E., & Read, A.F. (2008) 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. (2008) 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. (2008) Understanding and predicting strain-specific patterns of pathogenesis in the rodent malaria, Plasmodium chabaudi. American Naturalist. 172: 214-238. PDF
  • Mideo, N., Day, T., & Read, A.F. (2008) Modelling malaria pathogenesis. Cellular Microbiology. 10: 1947-1955. PDF
  • Mackinnon, M.J., Gandon, S., & Read, A.F. (2008) 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. (2008) 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 | Commentary.
  • Crooks, L. (2008) 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. (2008) 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. (2008) 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. (2008) 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. (2008) 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. (2008) 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

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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 | Supplementary information
  • 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

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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
  • 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


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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.  PDF
  • 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 | Supplementary information |  Photographs | Correspondence | Commentary | Commentary
  • 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 strategies 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

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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.  PDF | Live journal article
  • 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.  PDF | Live journal article
  • 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.  PDF | Live journal article
  • 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.  PDF | Live journal article
  • 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., & 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., & Read, A.F 2003. Sex ratios in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi. Parasitology. 127: 419-425. PDF | Supplementary information
  • Cheesman, S.J., de Roode, J.C., Read, A.F., & 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

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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

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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 Information | Commentary | Correspondence
  • 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

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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 | Commentaries: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Response
  • 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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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 Andrew’s earlier publications, email him.