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Defensive microbial symbionts are common in plants and animals, protecting their hosts against parasitic enemies. Rafaluk-Mohr et al. show that defensive microbes alter the trajectory of host-parasite coevolution, favouring the evolution of… Click to show full abstract
Defensive microbial symbionts are common in plants and animals, protecting their hosts against parasitic enemies. Rafaluk-Mohr et al. show that defensive microbes alter the trajectory of host-parasite coevolution, favouring the evolution of fundamentally different life-history responses to infection.
Keywords:
backseat drivers;
parasite coevolution;
coevolution backseat;
host parasite
Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2022
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