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Virus infection suppresses Nicotiana benthamiana adaptive phenotypic plasticity.
PloS one - 17 Feb 2011
Bedhomme Stéphanie, Elena Santiago F
Abstract excerpt
Competition and parasitism are two important selective forces that shape life-histories, migration rates and population dynamics. Recently, it has been shown in various pathosystems that parasites can modify intraspecific competition, thus generating an indirect cost of parasitism. Here, we investigated if this phenomenon was present in a plant-potyvirus system using two viruses of different virulence (Tobacco...
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