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Localised genetic heterogeneity provides a novel mode of evolution in dsDNA phages.
Scientific reports - 23 Oct 2017
Magill Damian J, Kucher Phillip A, Krylov Victor N, Pleteneva Elena A, Quinn John P, Kulakov Leonid A
Abstract excerpt
The Red Queen hypothesis posits that antagonistic co-evolution between interacting species results in recurrent natural selection via constant cycles of adaptation and counter-adaptation. Interactions such as these are at their most profound in host-parasite systems, with bacteria and their viruses providing the most intense of battlefields. Studies of bacteriophage evolution thus provide unparalleled insight...
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