Bacterial predator-prey coevolution accelerates genome evolution and selects on virulence-associated prey defences

Predator-prey coevolution is expected to hasten evolutionary rates, but this is difficult to test in long-lived species. Here, the authors report consequences of experimental coevolution between bacterial predators and prey, including accelerated molecular evolution and parallel genomic and phenotyp...

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Main Authors: Ramith R. Nair, Marie Vasse, Sébastien Wielgoss, Lei Sun, Yuen-Tsu N. Yu, Gregory J. Velicer
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/36a5ef5698c14c8daef2d0569db6f044
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Summary:Predator-prey coevolution is expected to hasten evolutionary rates, but this is difficult to test in long-lived species. Here, the authors report consequences of experimental coevolution between bacterial predators and prey, including accelerated molecular evolution and parallel genomic and phenotypic adaptation.