Cheating, trade-offs and the evolution of aggressiveness in a natural pathogen population

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1149-1157

  Barrett, Luke G ^a,c   Bell, Thomas ^a,b   Dwyer, Greg ^a   Bergelson, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Bacteria; Competition; Microbial ecology; Pseudomonas syringae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BACTERIUM; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMORPHISM; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 80053633593     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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