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. 2014 Feb 5;9(2):e88465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088465

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P_i indicates the probability of staying in a stage, G_i indicates the probability of transitioning to another stage and F_i indicates fecundity. Survival and attachment of free-swimming larvae are a function of the rate that they attach to hosts (γ) and fecundity is a function of the probability of mating (φ).