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Earlier parasite arrival reduces the repeatability of host adaptive radiation.
The ISME journal - 1 Sept 2020
Tan Jiaqi, Yang Xian, He Qixin, Hua Xia, Jiang Lin
Abstract excerpt
Although parasites are known to have various effects on their hosts, we know little about their role in the assembly of diversifying host populations. Using an experimental bacterium (Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25)-bacteriophage (ϕ2) system, we show that earlier parasite arrival significantly reduced the repeatability of host diversification. Earlier parasite arrival amplified the priority effects associated with...
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