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Cooperation and life history evolution help obligate parasites to circumvent host genetic deficiencies *
Author(s) -
Bailey Zachary M.,
Wendling Carolin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.13963
Subject(s) - biology , obligate , host (biology) , evolutionary biology , life history , obligate parasite , experimental evolution , biological evolution , life history theory , zoology , genetics , ecology , gene
How do obligate parasites cope with hosts that lack genetic elements required for parasite replication? Gupta et. al. (2020) illustrate an experimental evolution system where lambda bacteriophages circumvent a defective gene network in their E. coli host (which initially made it impossible for them to replicate) through both intracellular cooperation and evolutionary changes in phage life‐history traits.