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. 2016 Dec 13;7:13849. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13849

Figure 4. Evolutionarily stable virulence levels as a function of the rate of vertical transmission.

Figure 4

The probability of dying of the disease over a lifetime (Inline graphic) at the ESS for male specific, female specific and non-sex-specific exploitation strategies as a function of the rate of vertical transmission, α Parameters=1/80 σf=σm=0; ϕ=0.5, Inline graphic; Inline graphic; Inline graphic and Inline graphic. For these parameters the probability of dying of the disease for males, under male specific virulence will go to an ESS value of 6%.