Table 2 Mean ± SE of various disease traits by parasite isolate
Disease trait | D. magna | D. similis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G-3 | NZ-2 | FI-OER-3-3 | G-3 | NZ-2 | FI-OER-3-3 | |
Host susceptibility (proportion) | 0.65 ± 0.10 | 0.63 ± 0.10 | 0.68 ± 0.07 | 0.36 ± 0.05 | 0.27 ± 0.04 | 0.25 ± 0.05 |
Virulence (days) | 65.2 ± 3.6 | 57.7 ± 3.3 | 59.7 ± 3.3 | 52.9 ± 4.4 | 66.8 ± 4.6 | 68.2 ± 4.4 |
Parasite fitness (spores, log-transformed) | 4.95 ± 0.45 | 5.01 ± 0.30 | 4.86 ± 0.06 | 3.16 ± 0.01 | 3.14 ± 0.01 | 2.52 ± 0.01 |