Battlefronts of evolutionary conflict between bacteria and animal hosts

Omoshola Aleru; Matthew F. Barber

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008797

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Battlefronts of evolutionary conflict between bacteria and animal hosts

Omoshola Aleru,

Affiliations Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
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Matthew F. Barber

* E-mail: mfbarber@uoregon.edu

Affiliations Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-2165

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Battlefronts of evolutionary conflict between bacteria and animal hosts

Omoshola Aleru,
Matthew F. Barber

Published: September 17, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008797

About the Authors

Omoshola Aleru

Affiliations Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

Matthew F. Barber

* E-mail: mfbarber@uoregon.edu

Affiliations Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-2165

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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