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The life cycle of Xenorhabdus nematophila and its vector Steinernema carpocapsae. Plain arrows indicate transitions between the different stages of the life cycle, with the corresponding life-history traits we have measured. Dashed arrows indicate the two fitness components we have estimated, 
and 
being, respectively, the parasitic and the dispersal component of bacteria fitness (see text for further details).
