Persistent trade-offs balance competition and colonization across centuries
Talia Backman, Jiajun Cui, Emma Caullireau, Ella Bleak, Ilja Bezrukov, Patricia Girardi, Aubrey Hawks, Jesse R. Lasky, Sergio M. Latorre, Joel M. Erberich, Lúa López, Manuela Neumann, Allison M. Perkins, Efthymia Symeonidi, Parastoo Azadi, , Hernán A. Burbano
The paper shows a trade-off between competitive ability and host colonization in Pseudomonas populations has persisted for centuries.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jun 2, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology