Antagonistic coevolution accelerates molecular evolution.

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Published in Nature on February 24, 2010

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Steve Paterson1, Tom Vogwill, Angus Buckling, Rebecca Benmayor, Andrew J Spiers, Nicholas R Thomson, Mike Quail, Frances Smith, Danielle Walker, Ben Libberton, Andrew Fenton, Neil Hall, Michael A Brockhurst

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1: School of Biological Sciences, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.

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