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| Title |
The evolutionary and coevolutionary consequences of defensive microbes for host-parasite interactions
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12862-017-1030-z |
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| Authors |
Kayla C. King, Michael B. Bonsall |
| Abstract |
Animal and plant species can harbour microbes that provide them with protection against enemies. These beneficial microbes can be a significant component of host defence that complement or replaces a repertoire of immunity, but they can also be costly. Given their impact on host and parasite fitness, defensive microbes have the potential to influence host-parasite interactions on an evolutionary timescale. Using a phenotypic framework, we explore the evolutionary and coevolutionary dynamics of a host-parasite interaction in the presence of defensive microbes. We show that costs of host-defensive microbe systems are critical in determining whether a defensive microbe based system or an immune system provides better host protection investment. Partitioning the coevolutionary dynamics yields testable predictions. The density of defensive microbes influences the strength of selection resulting from host - defensive microbe - parasite coevolutionary interactions. We find that they lessen the negative effects of infection on hosts and reduce infectivity by directly competing with parasites. Defensive microbes might thus play a central role in host-parasite interactions, by outright replacing host-based defences, engaging in within-host competition with parasites, and ultimately driving tripartite coevolutionary dynamics. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 9 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 7 | 47% |
| Members of the public | 7 | 47% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 77 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 23% |
| Researcher | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 57% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 March 2018.
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