Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of blood feeding to nonbiting in a mosquito, and evolution of bacterial virulence in the house finch caused by incomplete host immunity.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Molecular Evolution and the Cell meeting
- Mosquito evolution from blood feeding to nonbiting (PNAS)
- Mosquito blood feeding is not a free lunch (virology blog)
- Incomplete immunity and evolution of virulence (Science)
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