Evolutionary attractor explained

An evolutionary attractor is a state toward which evolution tends. Most often it means that adaptation is moving a population of a species towards a particular goal that goal is the attractor. It less commonly means any other outcome of evolution and/or a larger group than one population.

Attractors are important to evolutionary epidemiology because what goal a pathogen is pursuing and its speed of progress towards more transmissible and/or more virulent attractors radically alter the actual damage a pathogen will do.[1] [2] It also shapes the course of a species invasion.[3]

Notes and References

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  2. en. 2021. 90. 912–942. Y.. A.. M.. Dumont. Matusse. Chapwanya. On synergistic co-infection in crop diseases. The case of the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 10.1016/j.apm.2020.09.036. Elsevier. free. 2263/79514. free.
  3. en. 2020. 5. 110. David. Corinne. Pierre. Claessen. Robert. Precigout. 1039–1048. Ecology and Epidemiology. Adaptation of Biotrophic Leaf Pathogens to Fertilization-Mediated Changes in Plant Traits: A Comparison of the Optimization Principle to Invasion Fitness. American Phytopathological Society (APS). 10.1094/PHYTO-08-19-0317-R. Phytopathology. 31928514. free.

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