Genetic determinism of phage-bacteria coevolution in natural populations
D. Piel, M. Bruto, Y. Labreuche, F. Blanquart, S. Chenivesse, S. Lepanse, A. James, R. Barcia Cruz, J. Dubert, B. Petton, E. Lieberman, M. Wegner, F. Hussain, K. Kauffman, M. Polz, , F. Le Roux
The paper investigates phage-bacteria coevolution in natural populations, finding that phage and host genomes exhibit gene content variation and that negative-frequency dependent selection drives coevolutionary dynamics.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology