FIGURE 4.
Coupling between resistance and tolerance forEimeria falciformisisolate Brandenburg88. Colors represent mouse subspecies (blue:Mus musculus domesticus, red:Mus musculus musculus, purple: Mmd‐Mmm). Left side: comparison of maximum oocysts per gram of feces used as a proxy for (inverse of) resistance (a) and tolerance between mouse groups estimated by the slope of the linear regression with null intercept modeling maximum relative weight loss as a response of maximum oocysts per gram of feces, a steep slope corresponding to a low tolerance (b). Maximum number of OPG and tolerance differ between mouse groups. Right side: nonsignificant negative correlation between mean maximum oocysts per gram of feces and mean relative weight loss (c) and strong positive correlation between maximum oocysts per gram of feces used as a proxy for inverse of resistance and tolerance (corresponding to a negative correlation between resistance and tolerance) (d); grey error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. Our results support coupling between resistance and toleranceEimeria falciformisisolate Brandenburg88