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SUBMITTER: Sharp C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9218092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharp Connor C Foster Kevin R KR
Nature communications 20220622 1
Humans, and many other species, are host to diverse symbionts. It is often suggested that the mutual benefits of host-microbe relationships can alone explain cooperative evolution. Here, we evaluate this hypothesis with evolutionary modelling. Our model predicts that mutual benefits are insufficient to drive cooperation in systems like the human microbiome, because of competition between symbionts. However, cooperation can emerge if hosts can exert control over symbionts, so long as there are co ...[more]