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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020

The evolution of host resistance and parasite infectivity is highest in seasonal resource environments that oscillate at intermediate amplitudes.

Charlotte Ferris, Rosanna Wright, Michael A Brockhurst, Alex Best

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. How do fluctuating ecological dynamics impact the evolution of hosts and parasites?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Charlotte FerrisSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, 226 Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.
Rosanna WrightDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Michael A BrockhurstDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Alex BestSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, 226 Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seasonal environments vary in their amplitude of oscillation but the effects of this temporal heterogeneity for host-parasite coevolution are poorly understood. Here, we combined mathematical modelling and experimental evolution of a coevolving bacteria-phage interaction to show that the intensity of host-parasite coevolution peaked in environments that oscillate in their resource supply with intermediate amplitude. Our experimentally parameterized mathematical model explains that this pattern is primarily driven by the ecological effects of resource oscillations on host growth rates. Our findings suggest that in host-parasite systems where the host's but not the parasite's population growth dynamics are subject to seasonal forcing, the intensity of coevolution will peak at intermediate amplitudes but be constrained at extreme amplitudes of environmental oscillation.

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Biological EvolutionParasitic DiseasesAnimalsHost-Parasite InteractionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsParasitesadaptive dynamicscoevolutionhost–parasitemathematical modellingoscillating environmentPseudomonas fluorescens

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PMID32453992
PMCPMC7287369

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