Host–parasite coevolution
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Host–parasite coevolution
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Host–parasite coevolution is a special case of coevolution, where a host and a parasite continually adapt to each other. This can create an evolutionary arms race between them. A more benign possibility is of an evolutionary trade-off between transmission and virulence in the parasite, as if it kills its host too quickly, the parasite will not be able to reproduce either. Another theory, the Red Queen hypothesis, proposes that since both host and parasite have to keep on evolving to keep up wit
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Mutually adaptive genetic change of a host and a parasite
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%E2%80%93parasite_coevolution
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2024-04-11T23:54:12Z
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