Do vertically transmitted symbionts co‐existing in a single host compete or cooperate? A modelling approach

@article{Vautrin2008DoVT,
  title={Do vertically transmitted symbionts co‐existing in a single host compete or cooperate? A modelling approach},
  author={Emilie Vautrin and S. G{\'e}nieys and S. D. Charles and Fabrice Vavre},
  journal={Journal of Evolutionary Biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={21}
}
Abstract When several symbionts infect simultaneously the same host (multiple infections), the interactions between them affect the dynamics of the symbiotic population. Despite their widespread occurrence, associations with multiple vertically transmitted symbionts have attracted little attention. Vertical transmission tends to homogenize the symbiotic population because of the bottleneck that occurs at transmission. However, fitness advantages conferred on the host by the different symbionts… 
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