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Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen
Pathogen infection is typically costly to hosts, resulting in reduced fitness. However, pathogen exposure may also come at a cost even if the host does not become infected. These fitness reductions, referred to as “resistance costs”, are inducible physiological costs expressed as a result of a trade...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26929813 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1889 |
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author | Dallas, Tad Holtackers, Mathieu Drake, John M. |
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description | Pathogen infection is typically costly to hosts, resulting in reduced fitness. However, pathogen exposure may also come at a cost even if the host does not become infected. These fitness reductions, referred to as “resistance costs”, are inducible physiological costs expressed as a result of a trade‐off between resistance to a pathogen and aspects of host fitness (e.g., reproduction). Here, we examine resistance and infection costs of a generalist fungal pathogen (Metschnikowia bicuspidata) capable of infecting a number of host species. Costs were quantified as reductions in host lifespan, total reproduction, and mean clutch size as a function of pathogen exposure (resistance cost) or infection (infection cost). We provide empirical support for infection costs and modest support for resistance costs for five Daphnia host species. Specifically, only one host species examined incurred a significant cost of resistance. This species was the least susceptible to infection, suggesting the possibility that host susceptibility to infection is associated with the detectability and size of resistance cost. Host age at the time of pathogen exposure did not influence the magnitude of resistance or infection cost. Lastly, resistant hosts had fitness values intermediate between unexposed control hosts and infected hosts. Although not statistically significant, this could suggest that pathogen exposure does come at some marginal cost. Taken together, our findings suggest that infection is costly, resistance costs may simply be difficult to detect, and the magnitude of resistance cost may vary among host species as a result of host life history or susceptibility. |
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spelling | pubmed-47577732016-02-29 Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen Dallas, Tad Holtackers, Mathieu Drake, John M. Ecol Evol Original Research Pathogen infection is typically costly to hosts, resulting in reduced fitness. However, pathogen exposure may also come at a cost even if the host does not become infected. These fitness reductions, referred to as “resistance costs”, are inducible physiological costs expressed as a result of a trade‐off between resistance to a pathogen and aspects of host fitness (e.g., reproduction). Here, we examine resistance and infection costs of a generalist fungal pathogen (Metschnikowia bicuspidata) capable of infecting a number of host species. Costs were quantified as reductions in host lifespan, total reproduction, and mean clutch size as a function of pathogen exposure (resistance cost) or infection (infection cost). We provide empirical support for infection costs and modest support for resistance costs for five Daphnia host species. Specifically, only one host species examined incurred a significant cost of resistance. This species was the least susceptible to infection, suggesting the possibility that host susceptibility to infection is associated with the detectability and size of resistance cost. Host age at the time of pathogen exposure did not influence the magnitude of resistance or infection cost. Lastly, resistant hosts had fitness values intermediate between unexposed control hosts and infected hosts. Although not statistically significant, this could suggest that pathogen exposure does come at some marginal cost. Taken together, our findings suggest that infection is costly, resistance costs may simply be difficult to detect, and the magnitude of resistance cost may vary among host species as a result of host life history or susceptibility. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4757773/ /pubmed/26929813 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1889 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Dallas, Tad Holtackers, Mathieu Drake, John M. Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
title | Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
title_full | Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
title_fullStr | Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
title_full_unstemmed | Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
title_short | Costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
title_sort | costs of resistance and infection by a generalist pathogen |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26929813 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1889 |
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