“In such a case, hosts with and without adaptive immunity coexist in an environment where the pathogen is scarce (herd immunity effect)." https://t.co/uQ9YRm0LJS
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“Perhaps somewhat paradoxically, fixation of a costly adaptive immunity system is precluded not only when the innate immunity and suicide systems are highly effective but also when adaptive immunity itself performs at a high level.” https://t.co/uQ9YRm0LJS
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“The widespread nature of suicide systems in prokaryotic genomes calls for a reconsideration of the relative importance of population structure for genome evolution." https://t.co/uQ9YRm0LJS
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“Evolution of suicide as a defense mechanism is only possible if (i) the host population is structured and (ii) the degree of immunity that the hosts can achieve by other means is limited.“ https://t.co/uQ9YRm0LJS