Microbes are potential key players in the evolution of life histories and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Abstract Microbes can have profound effects on host fitness and health and the appearance of late‐onset diseases. Host–microbe interactions thus represent a major environmental context for healthy aging of the host and might also mediate trade‐offs between life‐history traits in the evolution of hos...

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Main Authors: Josiane Santos, Margarida Matos, Thomas Flatt, Ivo M. Chelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10537