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Resistance gained, resistance lost: An explanation for host-parasite coexistence by Koskella, Britt

“…Host populations are under continual selection by parasites due to reduced fitness of infected individuals relative to uninfected individuals. This should…”
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Bacteria–phage coevolution as a driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities by Koskella, Britt, Brockhurst, Michael A.

“…Abstract Bacteria–phage coevolution, the reciprocal evolution between bacterial hosts and the phages that infect them, is an important driver of ecological and…”
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Phage resistance evolution in vitro is not reflective of in vivo outcome in a plant-bacteria-phage system by Hernandez, Catherine A., Koskella, Britt

“…The evolution of resistance to parasites is fundamentally important to disease ecology, yet we remain unable to predict when and how resistance will evolve…”
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Drivers and consequences of bacteriophage host range by Holtappels, Dominique, Alfenas-Zerbini, Poliane, Koskella, Britt

“…Abstract Bacteriophages are obligate parasites of bacteria characterized by the breadth of hosts that they can infect. This “host range” depends on the…”
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Understanding bacteriophage specificity in natural microbial communities by Koskella, Britt, Meaden, Sean

“…Studying the coevolutionary dynamics between bacteria and the bacteriophage viruses that infect them is critical to understanding both microbial diversity and…”
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Priority effects in microbiome assembly by Debray, Reena, Herbert, Robin A., Jaffe, Alexander L., Crits-Christoph, Alexander, Power, Mary E., Koskella, Britt

“…Advances in next-generation sequencing have enabled the widespread measurement of microbiome composition across systems and over the course of microbiome…”
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Experimental coevolution of species interactions by Brockhurst, Michael A., Koskella, Britt

“…Coevolution, the process of reciprocal adaptation and counter-adaptation between ecologically interacting species, affects most organisms and is considered a…”
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Successive passaging of a plant-associated microbiome reveals robust habitat and host genotype-dependent selection by Morella, Norma M., Weng, Francis Cheng-Hsuan, Joubert, Pierre M., Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Lindow, Steven, Koskella, Britt

“…There is increasing interest in the plant microbiome as it relates to both plant health and agricultural sustainability. One key unanswered question is whether…”
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The impact of bacteriophages on phyllosphere bacterial abundance and composition by Morella, Norma M., Gomez, Annika L., Wang, Grant, Leung, Michelle S., Koskella, Britt

“…Interactions between bacteria and bacteriophage viruses (phages) are known to influence pathogen growth and virulence, microbial diversity and even…”
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Water stress and disruption of mycorrhizas induce parallel shifts in phyllosphere microbiome composition by Debray, Reena, Socolar, Yvonne, Kaulbach, Griffin, Guzman, Aidee, Hernandez, Catherine A., Curley, Rose, Dhond, Alexander, Bowles, Timothy, Koskella, Britt

“…Summary Water and nutrient acquisition are key drivers of plant health and ecosystem function. These factors impact plant physiology directly as well as…”
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Understanding the ecology and evolution of host–parasite interactions across scales by Penczykowski, Rachel M., Laine, Anna‐Liisa, Koskella, Britt

“…Predicting the emergence, spread and evolution of parasites within and among host populations requires insight to both the spatial and temporal scales of…”
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synthesis of experimental work on parasite local adaptation by Greischar, Megan A, Koskella, Britt

“…The study of parasite local adaptation, whereby parasites perform better on sympatric hosts than on allopatric hosts and/or better on their own host population…”
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Plant neighborhood shapes diversity and reduces interspecific variation of the phyllosphere microbiome by Meyer, Kyle M., Porch, Robert, Muscettola, Isabella E., Vasconcelos, Ana Luisa S., Sherman, Julia K., Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Lindow, Steven E., Koskella, Britt

“…Microbial communities associated with plant leaf surfaces (i.e., the phyllosphere) are increasingly recognized for their role in plant health. While…”
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The cost of phage resistance in a plant pathogenic bacterium is context-dependent by Meaden, Sean, Paszkiewicz, Konrad, Koskella, Britt

“…Parasites are ubiquitous features of living systems and many parasites severely reduce the fecundity or longevity of their hosts. This parasite-imposed…”
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The microbiome beyond the horizon of ecological and evolutionary theory by Koskella, Britt, Hall, Lindsay J., Metcalf, C. Jessica E.

“…The ecological and evolutionary study of community formation, diversity, and stability is rooted in general theory and reinforced by decades of system-specific…”
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Multiyear Time-Shift Study of Bacteria and Phage Dynamics in the Phyllosphere by Dewald-Wang, Emily A, Parr, Nicole, Tiley, Katie, Lee, Alina, Koskella, Britt

“…AbstractCoevolution shapes diversity within and among populations but is difficult to study directly. Time-shift experiments, where individuals from one point…”
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Mutation Pressure and the Evolution of Organelle Genomic Architecture by Lynch, Michael, Koskella, Britt, Schaack, Sarah

“…The nuclear genomes of multicellular animals and plants contain large amounts of noncoding DNA, the disadvantages of which can be too weak to be effectively…”
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Research highlights for issue 10: understanding complex lifecycles by Koskella, Britt

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Bacteria-phage interactions in natural environments by Díaz-Muñoz, Samuel L, Koskella, Britt

“…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…”
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High-throughput mapping of the phage resistance landscape in E. coli by Mutalik, Vivek K, Adler, Benjamin A, Rishi, Harneet S, Piya, Denish, Zhong, Crystal, Koskella, Britt, Kutter, Elizabeth M, Calendar, Richard, Novichkov, Pavel S, Price, Morgan N, Deutschbauer, Adam M, Arkin, Adam P

“…Bacteriophages (phages) are critical players in the dynamics and function of microbial communities and drive processes as diverse as global biogeochemical…”
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