Pleased to share a paper I contributed to in Molecular Biology and Evolution. We show that host age structure is a major driver of virulence evolution, shaping specialization, generalism, and adaptation in plant viruses. 🌱🦠 @sfelenalab.bsky.social @i2sysbio.es
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Evolution of virulence of a plant RNA virus in developmental stage-structured host populations
Abstract. Natural host populations are age-structured, and developmental stages differ in susceptibility and within-host pathogen dynamics, potentially imp
