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 …

Studies in diverse biological systems have indicated that host–parasite co-evolution is
responsible for the extraordinary genetic diversity seen in some genomic regions, such as …

Experimental evolution is the study of evolutionary processes occurring in experimental
populations in response to conditions imposed by the experimenter. This research approach …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces sha** the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Most organisms reproduce through outcrossing, even though it comes with substantial costs.
The Red Queen hypothesis proposes that selection from coevolving pathogens facilitates …

Interactions involving several parasite species (multi-parasitized hosts) or several host
species (multi-host parasites) are the rule in nature. Only a few studies have investigated …

The genes of the major histocompatibility complex are the most polymorphic genes in
vertebrates, with more than 1,000 alleles described in human populations. How this …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 635–642 Abstract Host–parasite coevolution is a key driver of
biological diversity and parasite virulence, but its effects depend on the nature of …

Predicting the emergence, spread and evolution of parasites within and among host
populations requires insight to both the spatial and temporal scales of adaptation, including …

Phages are considered the most abundant and diverse biological entities on Earth and are
notable not only for their sheer abundance, but also for their influence on bacterial hosts. In …