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Host diversity slows bacteriophage adaptation by selecting generalists over specialists

Duhita G. Sant, Laura C. Woods, Jeremy J. Barr, Michael J. McDonald

2021Nature Ecology & Evolution89 citationsDOI

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Generalist and specialist speciesAdaptation (eye)BiologyHost (biology)Experimental evolutionBacteriophageSelection (genetic algorithm)Evolutionary biologyViral evolutionCoevolutionGenetic FitnessGeneticsBiological evolutionGenomeGeneEcologyComputer scienceMachine learningEscherichia coliNeuroscienceHabitatEvolution and Genetic DynamicsBacteriophages and microbial interactionsPlant Virus Research Studies