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 Caenorhabditis elegans worm hosts wi...

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Main Authors: Kloock, A, Bonsall, MB, King, KC
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley Open Access 2020