Figure 1.
Flow diagram of the model with plasmid donor D, recipient R and transconjugant T. Parameters ψD,ψR, and ψT are the intrinsic growth rates of D, R and T. The plasmid is lost by T with rate ξ and the conjugation coefficient is denoted by γ.
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