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Microbiology

the idea that within-host selection can favor microbes that grow fast and cause harm even though this lowers their transmission between hosts.

In microbiology, short-sighted evolution of virulence refers to the idea that within-host selection can favor microbes that grow fast and cause harm even though this lowers their transmission between hosts. This meaning comes from Levin (1994) in Trends in Microbiology.[1]

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Levin, B. R., & Bull, J. J. (1994). Short-sighted evolution and the virulence of pathogenic microorganisms. Trends in Microbiology, 2(3), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0966-842x(94)90538-x

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