Parasites opt for the best of both worlds

Ellen Decaestecker; Lore Bulteel

doi:10.7554/eLife.49615

Parasites opt for the best of both worlds

Elife. 2019 Aug 1:8:e49615. doi: 10.7554/eLife.49615.

Authors

Ellen Decaestecker¹, Lore Bulteel¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Kulak, Kortrijk, Belgium.

Abstract

The fungal parasite Podosphaera plantaginis employs both sexual and asexual reproduction to increase its chances of infecting the plant Plantago lanceolata.

Keywords: Plantago lanceolata; Podosphaera plantaginis; coinfection; ecology; epidemiology; evolution of sex; evolutionary biology; outcrossing.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Ascomycota*
Genetic Variation
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Parasites*
Plantago*