Peer-reviewedCC BYPLoS biology
Dynamism under the hood: Coevolutionary maintenance of variation in hosts and parasites.
- 1Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America.
- 2Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America.
Abstract
Why do hosts and parasites vary so much? A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that infection outcomes strongly depend upon interacting effects of host and parasite genotypes, offering an evolutionary explanation for profound and persistent variability.
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BibTeX
@article{graham2026dynamism,
title = {{Dynamism under the hood: Coevolutionary maintenance of variation in hosts and parasites.}},
author = {Andrea L Graham and David A Chang van Oordt},
journal = {PLoS biology},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3004045},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42912694},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Dynamism under the hood: Coevolutionary maintenance of variation in hosts and parasites.
AU - Andrea L Graham
AU - David A Chang van Oordt
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/23
JO - PLoS biology
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3004045
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42912694
AB - Why do hosts and parasites vary so much? A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that infection outcomes strongly depend upon interacting effects of host and parasite genotypes, offering an evolutionary explanation for profound and persistent variability.
SN - 1544-9173
SN - 1545-7885
ER -