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Data from: Host-parasite coevolution promotes innovation through deformations in fitness landscapes
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Data for: Coevolution fails to maintain genetic variation in a host-parasite model with constant finite population size
<p>Coevolutionary negative frequency-dependent selection has been hypothesized to maintain genetic variation in host and parasites. <br> Despite the extensive literature pertaining to host-parasite coevolution, the dynamics of genetic variation has not been examined in a matching-alleles model (MAM) with a finite population size relative to the expectation under neutral genetic drift alone. The dynamics of the MA coevolution in an infinite population, in fact, suggests that genetic variation in these coevolving populations behaves neutrally. By comparing host heterozygosity to the expectation in a single-species model of neutral genetic drift we find that while this is also largely true in finite populations two additional phenomena arise. First, reciprocal natural selection acting on stochastic perturbations in host and pathogen allele frequencies results in a slight increase or decrease in genetic variation depending on the parameter conditions. Second, following the fixation of an allele in the parasite, selection in the MAM becomes directional, which then rapidly erodes genetic variation in the host. Hence, rather than maintain it, we find that, on average, matching-alleles coevolution depletes genetic variation.</p>
Data for: Feedback between coevolution and epidemiology can help or hinder the maintenance of genetic variation in host-parasite models
<p>Antagonistic coevolution has long been suggested to help maintain host genetic variation. While, ecological and epidemiological feedbacks are known to have important consequences on coevolutionary allele frequency dynamics, their effects on the maintenance of genetic variation remains poorly understood.Here, we extend our previous work on the maintenance of genetic variation in a classic matching-alleles coevolutionary model by exploring the effects of ecological and epidemiological feedbacks, where both allele frequencies and population sizes are allowed to vary over time. We find that coevolution rarely maintains more host genetic variation than expected under neutral genetic drift alone. When and if coevolution maintains or depletes genetic variation relative to neutral drift is determined, predominantly, by two factors: the deterministic stability of the Red Queen allele frequency cycles and the chance of allele fixation in the pathogen, as this results in directional selection and depletion of genetic variation in the host. Compared to purely coevolutionary models with constant host and pathogen population sizes, ecological and epidemiological feedbacks stabilize Red Queen cycles deterministically, but population fluctuations in the pathogen increase the rate of allele fixation in the pathogen, especially in epidemiological models. Our results illustrate the importance of considering the ecological and epidemiological context in which coevolution occurs when examining the impact of Red Queen cycles on genetic variation.</p>
Ectopical expression of bacterial collagen-like protein supports its role as adhesin in host-parasite coevolution
<div> <div> <div> <div> <p>For a profound understanding of antagonistic coevolution, it is necessary to identify the coevolving genes. The bacterium Pasteuria and its host, the microcrustacean Daphnia, are a well-characterized paradigm for co-evolution, but the underlying genes remain largely unknown. A genome-wide association study suggested a Pasteuria collagen-like protein 7 (Pcl7) as a candidate mediating parasite attachment and driving its coevolution with the host. Since Pasteuria ramosa cannot currently be genetically manipulated, we used Bacillus thuringiensis to express a fusion protein of a Pcl7 carboxy- terminus from P. ramosa and the amino-terminal domain of a B. thuringiensis collagen-like protein (CLP). Mutant B. thuringiensis (Pcl7-Bt) spores but not wild-type B. thuringiensis (WT-Bt) spores, attached to the same site of susceptible hosts as P. ramosa. Furthermore, Pcl7-Bt spores attached readily to susceptible host genotypes, but only slightly to resistant host genotypes. These findings indicated that the fusion protein was properly expressed and folded and demonstrated that indeed the C-terminus of Pcl7 mediates attachment in a host genotype-specific manner. These results provide strong evidence for the involvement of a CLP in the coevolution of Daphnia and P. ramosa and open new avenues for genetic epidemiological studies of host–parasite interactions.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>
Ectopical expression of bacterial collagen-like protein supports its role as adhesin in host-parasite coevolution
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Data for: Feedback between coevolution and epidemiology can help or hinder the maintenance of genetic variation in host-parasite models
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Data for: Coevolution fails to maintain genetic variation in a host-parasite model with constant finite population size
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Double Trouble : Multiple infections and the coevolution of virulence-resistance in structured host-parasite populations - Scripts, Data and Supplementary Material
<p>Supplementary material</p> <p> </p> <p>Contains the Mathematica notebook for analytical and numerical computations, and figure generation.</p> <p>An Rscript used to reproduce the coevolutionary figures from section "Coevolution"</p> <p>The set of appendices in a .pdf file.</p>
Microsatellites data set: Correlated population genetic structure in a three-tiered host-parasite system: the potential for coevolution and adaptive divergence
<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Three subspecies of Northern Bahamian Rock Iguanas, <i>Cyclura cychlura</i>, are currently recognized: <i>C. c. cychlura,</i>restricted to Andros Island, and <i>C. c. figginsi</i> and <i>C. c. inornata,</i> native to the Exuma Island chain. Populations on Andros are genetically distinct from Exuma Island populations, yet genetic divergence among populations in the Exumas is inconsistent with the two currently recognized subspecies from those islands. The potential consequences of this discrepancy might include the recognition of a single subspecies throughout the Exumas rather than two. That inference also ignores evidence that populations of <i>C. cychlura</i> are potentially adaptively divergent. We compared patterns of population relatedness in a three-tiered host-parasite system: <i>C. cychlura</i> iguanas, their ticks (genus <i>Amblyomma</i>, preferentially parasitizing these reptiles), and <i>Rickettsia </i>spp. endosymbionts (within tick ectoparasites). Our results indicate that while <i>C. c. cychlura</i> on Andros is consistently supported as a separate clade, patterns of relatedness among populations of <i>C. c. figginsi</i> and <i>C. c. inornata</i> within the Exuma Island chain are more complex. The distribution of the hosts, different tick species, and <i>Rickettsia</i> spp., supports the evolutionary independence of <i>C. c. inornata</i>. Further, these patterns are also consistent with two independent evolutionarily significant units within <i>C. c. figginsi</i>. Our findings suggest coevolutionary relationships between the reptile hosts, their ectoparasites, and rickettsial organisms, suggesting local adaptation. This work also speaks to the limitations of using neutral molecular markers from a single focal taxon as the sole currency for recognizing evolutionary novelty in populations of endangered species.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
Microsatellites data set: Correlated population genetic structure in a three-tiered host-parasite system: the potential for coevolution and adaptive divergence
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Data from: The potential for arms race and Red Queen coevolution in a protist host-parasite system
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Data from: Running with the Red Queen: host-parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex
Most organisms reproduce through outcrossing, even though it comes with significant costs. The Red Queen hypothesis proposes that selection from coevolving pathogens facilitates the persistence of outcrossing in spite of these costs. We utilized experimental coevolution to test the Red Queen hypothesis, and found that coevolution with a bacterial pathogen (Serratia marcescens) resulted in significantly more outcrossing in mixed mating experimental populations of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore, we found that coevolution with the pathogen rapidly drove obligately selfing populations to extinction, while outcrossing populations persisted through reciprocal coevolution. Thus, consistent with the Red Queen hypothesis, coevolving pathogens can select for biparental sex.
Data from: Effects of epistasis on infectivity range during host-parasite coevolution
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Data from: Host-parasite coevolution favours parasite genetic diversity and horizontal gene transfer
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Data from: Speed of adaptation and genomic footprints of host-parasite coevolution under arms race and trench warfare dynamics
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Data from: Running with the Red Queen: host-parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex
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Data from: The evolution of reduced antagonism – a role for host-parasite coevolution
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