The Ubiquitous and Varied Role of Infection in the Lives of Animals and Plants
The Ubiquitous and Varied Role of Infection in the Lives of Animals and Plants
复制标题
感染在动植物生命中无处不在且多种多样的作用
作者：
N. Moran
寄生和共生感染是控制植物和动物宿主生命史的主要力量——这一事实越来越明显，因为最近来自不同生物学分支学科的发现。然而，研究自然种群的生物学家对传染性生物体的研究相对较少。现在，新的分子和计算工具使我们能够区分和跟踪自然界中的微观感染因子，我们开始更好地了解它们对更大、更熟悉的生物体的影响。这期关于感染对动植物的生态和进化影响的特刊是根据2001年夏天在田纳西州诺克斯维尔举行的美国自然学家协会年度副主席研讨会的结果编写的。
Parasitic and symbiotic infections are major forces governing the life histories of plant and animal hosts—a fact that is ever more evident because of recent findings emanating from diverse subdisciplines of biology. Yet, infectious organisms have been relatively little investigated by biologists who study natural populations. Now that new molecular and computational tools allow us to differentiate and track microscopic infectious agents in nature, we are beginning to establish a better appreciation of their effects on larger, more familiar organisms. This special issue on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of infection for plants and animals is based on the annual Vice Presidential Symposium at the meeting of the American Society of Naturalists held in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the summer of 2001.
影响因子：
56.9
作者：
Hooper, LV;Wong, MH;Gordon, JI
通讯作者：
Gordon, JI