期刊
EVOLUTION
卷 66, 期 7, 页码 2030-2041出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01578.x
关键词
Gene-for-gene; infection genetics; infectivity; linkage disequilibrium; plant pathogens; resistance
资金
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Wellcome Trust
There is growing evidence that successful infection of hosts by pathogens requires a series of independent steps. However, how multistep infection processes affect hostpathogen coevolution is unclear. We present a coevolutionary model, inspired by empirical observations from a range of hostpathogen systems, where the infection process consists of the following two steps: the first is for the pathogen to recognize and locate a suitable host, and the second is to exploit the host while evading immunity. Importantly, these two steps conform to different models of infection genetics: inverse-gene-for-gene (IGFG) and gene-for-gene (GFG), respectively. We show that coevolution under this scenario can lead to coupled gene frequency changes across these two systems. In particular, selection often favors pathogens that are infective at the first, IGFG, step and hosts that are resistant at the second, GFG, step. Hence, there may be signals of positive selection between functionally independent systems whenever there are multistep processes determining resistance and infectivity. Such multistep infection processes are a fundamental, but overlooked feature of many hostpathogen interactions, and have important consequences for our understanding of hostpathogen coevolution.
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