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Local migration promotes competitive restraint in a host–pathogen 'tragedy of the commons'

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  • Benjamin Kerr

    (University of Washington)

  • Claudia Neuhauser

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Brendan J. M. Bohannan

    (Stanford University)

  • Antony M. Dean

    (University of Minnesota)

Abstract

Changing places These T4 page and their E. coli hosts are the model for a typical 'victim-exploiter' interaction in a study of the role of migration patterns in a 'tragedy of the commons' competition for limited resources within fragmented communities. In this host-pathogen system, growing in 96-well microtitre plates, coexistence, stability and evolution within the separated communities depend critically on migration: restricted migration can promote restraint in the use of the common resource. In this experiment and in theory, highly connected social networks favour virulence.

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  • Benjamin Kerr & Claudia Neuhauser & Brendan J. M. Bohannan & Antony M. Dean, 2006. "Local migration promotes competitive restraint in a host–pathogen 'tragedy of the commons'," Nature, Nature, vol. 442(7098), pages 75-78, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:442:y:2006:i:7098:d:10.1038_nature04864
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04864
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