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Host use dynamics in a heterogeneous fitness landscape generates oscillations in host range and diversification.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2018
Braga Mariana P, Araujo Sabrina B L, Agosta Salvatore, Brooks Daniel, Hoberg Eric, Nylin Sören, Janz Niklas, Boeger Walter A
Abstract excerpt
Colonization of novel hosts is thought to play an important role in parasite diversification, yet little consensus has been achieved about the macroevolutionary consequences of changes in host use. Here, we offer a mechanistic basis for the origins of parasite diversity by simulating lineages evolved in silico. We describe an individual-based model in which (i) parasites undergo sexual reproduction limited by...
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