A guide to modeling plasmid co-infection dynamics

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Main Authors: Siedentop, Berit, Huisman, Jana S., Igler, Claudia
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author Siedentop, Berit
Huisman, Jana S.
Igler, Claudia
author_facet Siedentop, Berit
Huisman, Jana S.
Igler, Claudia
contents Mobile genetic elements like conjugative plasmids play a crucial role in shaping the genetic content and population dynamics of bacterial species. Bacterial populations often contain not one, but multiple co-circulating MGEs, which modify each other's population dynamics in a myriad of ways. Mathematical modeling is a powerful tool to gain intuition about the expected eco-evolutionary dynamics in a biological system with many interacting players. Here, we detail how to develop a mathematical model of plasmid co-infection, how to implement this computationally, and we give examples of what can be learned from such models.
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spellingShingle A guide to modeling plasmid co-infection dynamics
Siedentop, Berit
Huisman, Jana S.
Igler, Claudia
Populations and Evolution
Mobile genetic elements like conjugative plasmids play a crucial role in shaping the genetic content and population dynamics of bacterial species. Bacterial populations often contain not one, but multiple co-circulating MGEs, which modify each other's population dynamics in a myriad of ways. Mathematical modeling is a powerful tool to gain intuition about the expected eco-evolutionary dynamics in a biological system with many interacting players. Here, we detail how to develop a mathematical model of plasmid co-infection, how to implement this computationally, and we give examples of what can be learned from such models.
title A guide to modeling plasmid co-infection dynamics
topic Populations and Evolution
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17085