The population and evolutionary dynamics of bacteriophage: Why be temperate revisited
W. Chaudhry, N. Vega, A. R. Govindan, R. Garcia, E. Lee, I. C. McCall, B. R. Levin
This study uses a mathematical model and experimental tests to determine the evolutionary conditions favoring lytic or temperate phage replication modes in bacterial populations.
bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology