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Coevolutionary feedback elevates constitutive immune defence: a protein network model.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 May 2016
Kamiya Tsukushi, Oña Leonardo, Wertheim Bregje, van Doorn G Sander
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Organisms have evolved a variety of defence mechanisms against natural enemies, which are typically used at the expense of other life history components. Induced defence mechanisms impose minor costs when pathogens are absent, but mounting an induced response can be time-consuming. Therefore, to ensure timely protection, organisms may partly rely on constitutive defence despite its sustained cost that...
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