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Fig. 4 | Genetics Selection Evolution

Fig. 4

From: Can breeders prevent pathogen adaptation when selecting for increased resistance to infectious diseases?

Fig. 4

Invasion window with full cross resistance. Reproduction ratio for invasion of an escape mutant in a population endemically infected with the wild-type pathogen as a function of \({f}_{R}\) (\({R}_{INV},\) dashed line, right y-axis), for \({R}_{RW}=0.8\) (panel a) and \({R}_{RW}=0.1\) (panel b). The dotted line shows the threshold value for \({R}_{INV}\) of 1. Hosts can be infected with only one type of pathogen at a time (full cross resistance). Prevalence of the wild-type pathogen as a function of \({f}_{R}\) is given by the solid line, indicated on the left y-axis, comparable to Fig. 3. The window in which there is a risk of invasion of the escape mutant is indicated. \({R}_{NW}=1.5, {R}_{NE}=1.1, {R}_{RE}=1.5\)

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