Positive selection inhibits plasmid coexistence in bacterial genomes
L. Carrilero, A. Kottara, D. Guymer, E. Harrison, J. Hall, M. Brockhurst
The paper shows that positive selection inhibits plasmid coexistence in bacterial genomes by retaining only the more beneficial plasmid, while compensatory evolution allows stable coinfection without positive selection.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2020Evolutionary Biology