At the very core of the evolution of living organisms lie interactions with other species. Between two coevolving species, a change in one species may generate selection for a change in the other species. In host-pathogen coevolution the central dilemma is to understand how infectivity and virulence evolve. Infectivity is the ability to infect a given host while virulence is the harm the pathogen causes to its host, and therefore they determine the outcome of the interaction between the host and the pathogen. The emergence of new highly virulent pathogen species (e.g. Ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus) and single pathogen strains (e.g. Ug99 of wheat stem rust pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) underline the urgent nee...
Spatial differentiation in phenotypic traits is commonly observed in the wild, but both the proximat...
Defence against pathogens is a vital need of all living organisms that has led to the evolution of c...
Teeth display considerable morphological variability, which mammals have been able to use to their a...
Multiple infection of individuals is rather the rule than the exception and surveys of wild populati...
Herbivorous insects, their host plants and natural enemies form the largest and most species-rich co...
Environmental opportunist pathogens are a class of organisms that are able to both infect multicellu...
Parasite community dynamics is one of the central themes in contemporary parasitology. While between...
Compared to solitary insects, the social organization and interactions in eusocial insects are expec...
Predicting evolutionary outcomes and reconstructing past evolutionary transitions are among the main...
The Baltic Sea is a shallow brackish water ecosystem. It is naturally prone to eutrophication, and m...
Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is an opportunistic pathogen capable of infecting humans and animals...
Cyanobacteria are one of the most widespread microorganisms on earth, and they are found in almost a...
Mutation and recombination are the fundamental processes leading to genetic variation in natural pop...
Most studies of life history evolution are based on the assumption that species exist at equilibrium...
This article-based dissertation aims to understand by means of mathematical models how organisms evo...
Spatial differentiation in phenotypic traits is commonly observed in the wild, but both the proximat...
Defence against pathogens is a vital need of all living organisms that has led to the evolution of c...
Teeth display considerable morphological variability, which mammals have been able to use to their a...
Multiple infection of individuals is rather the rule than the exception and surveys of wild populati...
Herbivorous insects, their host plants and natural enemies form the largest and most species-rich co...
Environmental opportunist pathogens are a class of organisms that are able to both infect multicellu...
Parasite community dynamics is one of the central themes in contemporary parasitology. While between...
Compared to solitary insects, the social organization and interactions in eusocial insects are expec...
Predicting evolutionary outcomes and reconstructing past evolutionary transitions are among the main...
The Baltic Sea is a shallow brackish water ecosystem. It is naturally prone to eutrophication, and m...
Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is an opportunistic pathogen capable of infecting humans and animals...
Cyanobacteria are one of the most widespread microorganisms on earth, and they are found in almost a...
Mutation and recombination are the fundamental processes leading to genetic variation in natural pop...
Most studies of life history evolution are based on the assumption that species exist at equilibrium...
This article-based dissertation aims to understand by means of mathematical models how organisms evo...
Spatial differentiation in phenotypic traits is commonly observed in the wild, but both the proximat...
Defence against pathogens is a vital need of all living organisms that has led to the evolution of c...
Teeth display considerable morphological variability, which mammals have been able to use to their a...