Viruses of bacteria (bacteriophages or phage) have broad effects on bacterial ecology and
evolution in nature that mediate microbial interactions, shape bacterial diversity, and …

Bacteria–phage coevolution, the reciprocal evolution between bacterial hosts and the
phages that infect them, is an important driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in …

Dispersal costs can be classified into energetic, time, risk and opportunity costs and may be
levied directly or deferred during departure, transfer and settlement. They may equally be …

Patterns of local adaptation are expected to emerge when selection is spatially
heterogeneous and sufficiently strong relative to the action of other evolutionary forces. The …

For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of
childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos, and traumatic haircuts. But for a …

Coevolution, the process of reciprocal adaptation and counter-adaptation between
ecologically interacting species, affects most organisms and is considered a key force …

Infectious diseases dynamics are affected by both spatial and temporal heterogeneity in
their environments. Our ability to quantify and predict how this heterogeneity impacts risks of …

The outcomes of host‐parasite interactions depend on the coevolutionary forces acting upon
them, but because every host‐parasite relation is enmeshed in a web of biotic and abiotic …

Comprehending bacterial genomic variation linked to distinct environments can yield novel
insights into mechanisms underlying differential adaptation and transmission of microbes …

Background In host-parasite evolutionary arms races, parasites are generally expected to
adapt more rapidly, due to their large population sizes and short generation times. There …