Evolutionary dynamics of altruism and cheating among social amoebas

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1572, 2005, Pages 1609-1616

  Brannstrom A ^a   Dieckmann, U ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Altruism; Dictyostelium; Slime mould

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION;

ALTRUISM; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DICTYOSTELIUM; EVOLUTION; FRUITING BODY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMOEBA (GENUS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; HETEROLOBOSEA;

EID: 26244441737     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3116     Document Type: Article

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