title: Malaria parasites prepare for flight.
abstract: Life in seasonal environments often means facing extreme environmental fluctuations. Many multicellular organisms have evolved strategies to cope with this lifestyle. Single-celled malaria parasites are no different. An elegant experiment reveals that they respond to the availability of mosquitoes to make the most of seasonal transmission opportunities.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Immunity, Infection & Evolution, Institutes of Evolution, Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: sarah.reece@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Reece
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mideo
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012744:Sex Ratio
keywords: adaptive plasticity; behavioural modulation; recrudescence; seasonal transmission; trade-off