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The long-term maintenance of a resistance polymorphism through diffuse interactions.
Nature - 28 Aug 2014
Karasov Talia L, Kniskern Joel M, Gao Liping, DeYoung Brody J, Ding Jing, Dubiella Ullrich, Lastra Ruben O, Nallu Sumitha, Roux Fabrice, Innes Roger W, Barrett Luke G, Hudson Richard R, Bergelson Joy
Abstract excerpt
Plant resistance (R) genes are a crucial component in plant defence against pathogens. Although R genes often fail to provide durable resistance in an agricultural context, they frequently persist as long-lived balanced polymorphisms in nature. Standard theory explains the maintenance of such polymorphisms through a balance of the costs and benefits of resistance and virulence in a tightly coevolving...
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