Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus 6
Dennehy J, Turner P. Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus 6. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2004, 271: 2275-2282. PMID: 15539353, PMCID: PMC1691856, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost fitnessTiming of reproductionRNA bacteriophage phi6Costs of cheatingLytic growth cycleSmall burst sizeDispersal stageInterference competitionLifetime fecundityIntracellular resourcesLife historyHigher fitnessEvolved virusesReduced fecunditySolo infectionsBacteriophage phi6FecundityLytic infectionGrowth cycleAncestorBurst sizeFitnessLatent periodCheatersMultiple viruses
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