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Research
Latest papers
Guarding versus self-guarding in innate immunity.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2026 · first author
Coevolutionary cycling in allele frequencies and the evolution of virulence.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2026 · senior author
The evolution of parasite virulence in the presence of resistance-conferring defensive symbionts.
Journal of evolutionary biology · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $12,500
Microbial evolution along the parasitism-mutualism continuum
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $114,000
Microbial evolution along the parasitism-mutualism continuum
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
15 publications.
Guarding versus self-guarding in innate immunity.
Ashby B, Anderson A
Coevolutionary cycling in allele frequencies and the evolution of virulence.
Kim YS, Ashby B
The evolution of parasite virulence in the presence of resistance-conferring defensive symbionts.
Smith CA, Renegado S, Ashby B
Efficient coupling of within-and between-host infectious disease dynamics.
Smith CA, Ashby B
Diagnostic testing and the evolution of detection avoidance by pathogens.
Wood J, Ashby B
Coevolution of Age-Structured Tolerance and Virulence.
Buckingham LJ, Ashby B
Separation of evolutionary timescales in coevolving species.
Buckingham LJ, Ashby B
Hyperparasitism and the evolution of parasite virulence.
Wood J, Ashby B
Tolerance-conferring defensive symbionts and the evolution of parasite virulence.
Smith CA, Ashby B
The Evolution of the Age of Onset of Resistance to Infectious Disease.
Buckingham LJ, Ashby B
Microbial evolution along the parasitism-mutualism continuum
Principal investigators: Ashby, Ben
Microbial evolution along the parasitism-mutualism continuum
Principal investigators: Ashby, Ben
Keywords: microbial evolution; parasitism; mutualism; theory; mathematical model; eco-evolutionary; coevolution; microbiome
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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