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Brassica rapa
Disease resistance
Fungal pathogens
Leptosphaeria maculans
Peronospora parasitica.
Natural-selection
Escherichia-coli
Life-history
Leptosphaeria-maculans
Evolution
Pleiotropy
Plants
Environment
Tomato
Susceptibility.
Molecular biology & genetics. Biology.
Abstract:
Genetic costs of resistance to pathogens may be an important factor maintaining heritable variation for resistance in natural populations. Pleiotropic fitness trade-offs occur when genetic resistance causes reduction in other components of fitness. Alth