Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
How repeated outbreaks drive the evolution of bacteriophage communication: Insights from a mathematical model
H. M. Doekes, G. A. Mulder, R. Hermsen
The paper develops a mathematical model showing that phage communication strategies evolve in response to repeated outbreaks, favoring a switch from lytic to lysogenic cycles when susceptible hosts are scarce.
DOI 10.7554/elife.58410