Does Toxoplasma infection increase sexual masochism and submissiveness? Yes and no
The parasite Toxoplasma needs to get from its intermediate hosts, e.g. rodents, to its definitive hosts, cats, by predation. To increase the probability of this occurrence, Toxoplasma manipulates the behavior of its hosts, for example, by the demethylation of promoters of certain genes in the host&#...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Communicative & Integrative Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2017.1303590 |