Open AccessHigh parasite diversity accelerates host adaptation and diversification
Author(s) -
Alex Betts,
Clare Gray,
M. Zelek,
R. Craig MacLean,
Kayla C. King
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aam9974
Subject(s) - host (biology) , adaptation (eye) , diversification (marketing strategy) , biology , divergence (linguistics) , bacteria , diversity (politics) , parasite hosting , evolutionary biology , ecology , genetics , business , marketing , neuroscience , sociology , anthropology , computer science , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy
Between bacteria and phages, increasing phage diversity accelerates arms races with the host and leads to increased bacterial divergence.
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