A microbial modified prisoner's dilemma game: How frequency-dependent selection can lead to random phase variation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Wolf, Denise M ^a   Vazirani, Vijay V ^b   Arkin, Adam P ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Frequency selective environment; Game theory; Prisoner's dilemma; Random phase variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; GAME THEORY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRISONER DILEMMA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COOPERATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FORCE; GAME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HOST; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RELIABILITY;

EID: 14744292501     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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