Population mixing accelerates coevolution

被引：119

作者：

Brockhurst, MA

Morgan, AD

Rainey, PB

Buckling, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bath, Dept Biol & Biochem, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

[2] Univ Oxford, Dept Plant Sci, Oxford OX1 3RB, England

[3] Univ Auckland, Sch Biol Sci, Auckland 1, New Zealand

来源：

ECOLOGY LETTERS | 2003年 / 6卷 / 11期

关键词：

arms-race; bacteria; bacteriophage; experimental evolution; infectivity; resistance; virulence;

D O I：

10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00531.x

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Theory predicts that mixing in spatially structured populations of hosts and parasites can increase the rate of antagonistic coevolution. We experimentally tested this prediction by allowing populations of bacteria (Pseudomonas fluorescens) and parasitic bacteriophage to coevolve in mixed and unmixed microcosms. Coevolution proceeded at approximately twice the rate in mixed populations compared with unmixed populations and caused the evolution of more resistant hosts and more infective parasites.

引用

页码：975 / 979

页数：5

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