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Microbial evolution and transitions along the parasite–mutualist continuum by Drew, Georgia C., Stevens, Emily J., King, Kayla C.

“…Virtually all plants and animals, including humans, are home to symbiotic microorganisms. Symbiotic interactions can be neutral, harmful or have beneficial…”
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Host microbiota can facilitate pathogen infection by Stevens, Emily J, Bates, Kieran A, King, Kayla C

“…Animals live in symbiosis with numerous microbe species. While some can protect hosts from infection and benefit host health, components of the microbiota or…”
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Harnessing the Power of Defensive Microbes: Evolutionary Implications in Nature and Disease Control by Ford, Suzanne A, King, Kayla C

“…[...]defensive microbes are already being applied in phage therapy and bacteriotherapy for humans, as well as to control vector-borne and agricultural diseases…”
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Microbe-mediated host defence drives the evolution of reduced pathogen virulence by Ford, Suzanne A., Kao, Damian, Williams, David, King, Kayla C.

“…Microbes that protect their hosts from pathogens are widespread in nature and are attractive disease control agents. Given that pathogen adaptation to barriers…”
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Hybridization in Parasites: Consequences for Adaptive Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Public Health in a Changing World by King, Kayla C, Stelkens, Rike B, Webster, Joanne P, Smith, Deborah F, Brockhurst, Michael A

“…  [...]human populations encounter new infections more frequently, and coinfection by multiple parasites from different lineages or species within individual…”
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Rapid evolution of microbe-mediated protection against pathogens in a worm host by King, Kayla C, Brockhurst, Michael A, Vasieva, Olga, Paterson, Steve, Betts, Alex, Ford, Suzanne A, Frost, Crystal L, Horsburgh, Malcolm J, Haldenby, Sam, Hurst, Gregory DD

“…Microbes can defend their host against virulent infections, but direct evidence for the adaptive origin of microbe-mediated protection is lacking. Using…”
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The evolutionary and coevolutionary consequences of defensive microbes for host-parasite interactions by King, Kayla C, Bonsall, Michael B

“…Animal and plant species can harbour microbes that provide them with protection against enemies. These beneficial microbes can be a significant component of…”
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Within- and between-host dynamics of producer and non-producer pathogens by Pike, Victoria L., Stevens, Emily J., Griffin, Ashleigh S., King, Kayla C.

“…For infections to be maintained in a population, pathogens must compete to colonize hosts and transmit between them. We use an experimental approach to…”
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Impacts of a novel defensive symbiosis on the nematode host microbiome by Dahan, Dylan, Preston, Gail M, Sealey, Jordan, King, Kayla C

“…Abstract Background Bacteria adapted to live within animals can protect their hosts against harmful infections. Beyond antagonism with pathogens, a ‘defensive’…”
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Rapid evolution of a novel protective symbiont into keystone taxon in Caenorhabditis elegans microbiota by Wu-Chuang, Alejandra, Bates, Kieran A., Obregon, Dasiel, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, King, Kayla C., Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro

“…Protective microbes have a major role in shaping host–pathogen interactions, but their relative importance in the structure of the host microbiota remains…”
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The Geographic Mosaic of Sex and the Red Queen by King, Kayla C., Delph, Lynda F., Jokela, Jukka, Lively, Curtis M.

“…The maintenance of sexual reproduction in natural populations is a pressing question for evolutionary biologists [1, 2]. Under the “Red Queen” hypothesis,…”
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Invasive freshwater snails form novel microbial relationships by Bankers, Laura, Dahan, Dylan, Neiman, Maurine, Adrian‐Tucci, Claire, Frost, Crystal, Hurst, Gregory D. D., King, Kayla C.

“…Resident microbes (microbiota) can shape host organismal function and adaptation in the face of environmental change. Invasion of new habitats exposes hosts to…”
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Evolution and maintenance of microbe‐mediated protection under occasional pathogen infection by Kloock, Anke, Bonsall, Michael B., King, Kayla C.

“…Every host is colonized by a variety of microbes, some of which can protect their hosts from pathogen infection. However, pathogen presence naturally varies…”
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Superparasitism Drives Heritable Symbiont Epidemiology and Host Sex Ratio in a Wasp by Parratt, Steven R, Frost, Crystal L, Schenkel, Martijn A, Rice, Annabel, Hurst, Gregory D D, King, Kayla C

“…Heritable microbial symbionts have profound impacts upon the biology of their arthropod hosts. Whilst our current understanding of the dynamics of these…”
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The Hypercomplex Genome of an Insect Reproductive Parasite Highlights the Importance of Lateral Gene Transfer in Symbiont Biology by Frost, Crystal L, Siozios, Stefanos, Nadal-Jimenez, Pol, Brockhurst, Michael A, King, Kayla C, Darby, Alistair C, Hurst, Gregory D D

“…Mobile elements-plasmids and phages-are important components of microbial function and evolution via traits that they encode and their capacity to shuttle…”
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Fecundity compensation is dependent on the generalized stress response in a nematode host by Pike, Victoria L., Ford, Suzanne A., King, Kayla C., Rafaluk‐Mohr, Charlotte

“…Background Fecundity compensation, increased offspring output following parasite exposure, is widely reported, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear…”
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Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on tick-borne pathogen co-infections by Gomez-Chamorro, Andrea, Hodžić, Adnan, King, Kayla C., Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro

“…Tick-borne pathogen co-infections are common in nature. Co-infecting pathogens interact with each other and the tick microbiome, which influences individual…”
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Defensive symbionts by King, Kayla C.

“…Interactions in nature vary from competitive to neutral to symbiotic. An interesting case of symbiosis is seen when one organism provides protection to the…”
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Trematode parasites infect or die in snail hosts by King, Kayla C., Jokela, Jukka, Lively, Curtis M.

“…The Red Queen hypothesis is based on the assumption that parasites must genetically match their hosts to infect them successfully. If the parasites fail, they…”
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Host genetic diversity limits parasite success beyond agricultural systems: a meta-analysis by Ekroth, Alice K E, Rafaluk-Mohr, Charlotte, King, Kayla C

“…There is evidence that human activities are reducing the population genetic diversity of species worldwide. Given the prediction that parasites better exploit…”
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