Plasmid fitness costs are caused by specific genetic conflicts enabling resolution by compensatory mutation

• James P. J. Hall ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.p.j.hall@liverpool.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-4592

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• Rosanna C. T. Wright,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-8256

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• Ellie Harrison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-4631

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• Katie J. Muddiman,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0396-6893

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• A. Jamie Wood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6119-852X

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• Steve Paterson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1307-2981

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• Michael A. Brockhurst

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0362-820X

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