Experimental evolution inside the host

Check out our latest paper on virulence evolution by Mikonranta, Mappes, Laakso & Ketola. Within-host evolution decreases virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen, in BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:165 online now!

 Did you know that removal of transmission virulence tradeoff does not always lead to increased virulence? Our results suggest that bacteria could try to make most out of the host also without killing it.