The Evolution of Host Specialization in an Insect Pathogen
E. Visher, L. Uricchio, L. Bartlett, N. DeNamur, A. Yarcan, D. Alhassani, M. Boots
This study tracks how an insect pathogen evolves specialization in its host, finding that specialization involves multiple genetic factors and affects different fitness traits independently.
bioRxiv · Oct 11, 2021Evolutionary Biology