Maintenance of diversity in a hierarchical host–parasite model with balancing selection and reinfection

@article{Pokalyuk2018MaintenanceOD,
  title={Maintenance of diversity in a hierarchical host–parasite model with balancing selection and reinfection},
  author={Cornelia Pokalyuk and A. Wakolbinger},
  journal={arXiv: Probability},
  year={2018}
}
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