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Phage-induced diversification improves host evolvability

BACKGROUND: Bacteriophage (viruses that infect bacteria) are of key importance in ecological processes at scales from biofilms to biogeochemical cycles. Close interaction can lead to antagonistic coevolution of phage and their hosts. Selection pressures imposed by phage are often frequency-dependent...

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Autor principal: Williams, Hywel TP
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23339571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-17