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Lucas Santana Souza

Umeå UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8193-8556Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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2025-2025 · peak 1/yr

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 19, 2025

Endosymbiosis: metabolic trade-offs drive reproductive synchronization

Lucas Santana Souza, Eric Libby

The paper examines the fitness consequences of reproductive synchronization in endosymbiotic relationships, finding it costly for hosts but beneficial for guests, with synchronization increasing overall fitness when new endosymbioses are rare.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.19.683235

statistical modelhost-pathogen & immune response

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