The genetic architecture underlying prey-dependent performance in a microbial predator

oleh: Balint Stewart, Nicole Gruenheit, Amy Baldwin, Rex Chisholm, Daniel Rozen, Adrian Harwood, Jason B. Wolf, Christopher R. L. Thompson

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01

Deskripsi

What prevents a generalist predator from evolving and outperforming specialist predators? By combing analyses of natural variation with experimental evolution, Stewart et al. suggest that predator variation persists because most mutations have prey-specific effects, which results in relaxed selection