Reciprocal effects between host phenotype and pathogens: new insights from an old problem.

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Relationships between the host phenotype and pathogen infection are assumed to reflect either causes or consequences of the infection. In fact, these processes are likely to co-occur, even in the same phenotypic traits. For example, hosts with high ingestion rates have a higher growth rate but are also more infected by trophically transmitted pathogens that subsequently reduce the host growth rate. Here, we...

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