Bacteriophage density influences the rate of resistance evolution
Tuan Anh Phan, Anuja Shrestha, Jacob Schow, Craig R. Miller, Tracey Lee Peters, James T. Van Leuven
This study shows that phage resistance evolution is driven by ecological factors like competitive interactions and fitness costs, not mutation rates, and depends on phage and host concentrations.
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology · Aug 20, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology