I also often think "hang on, is this defence system actually there for phage defence?"
Great work both!
David Sünderhauf
When is an antiphage mechanism an evolved defence adaptation? This question has been on my mind for so long, because despite the field’s rapid progress there is currently no widely agreed framework in place to answer it. So @brownlab.bsky.social and I wrote this, and I'm happy to share the preprint!
