Evolution and maintenance of microbe-mediated protection under occasional pathogen infection
Every host is colonized by a variety of microbes, some of which can protect their hosts from pathogen infection. However, pathogen presence naturally varies over time in nature, such as in the case of seasonal epidemics. We experimentally coevolved populations of <em>Caenorhabditis elegans<...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley Open Access
2020
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