Spatial structure drives the evolution of parasites into host defense systems
Host defense systems in prokaryotes and eukaryotes often appear to be derived from the very parasites they now defend against, yet the evolutionary route for such a transition remains poorly understood. Based on the biology of integrating viruses such as temperate bacteriophages and retroviruses, we develop a multilevel eco-evolutionary framework in which within-host viral replication is treated…
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