Frequency dependence and cooperation: Theory and a test with bacteria

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-342

  Ross Gillespie, Adin ^a   Gardner, Andy ^a,b   West, Stuart A ^a   Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Population structure; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Public goods; Siderophores; Strong selection

Indexed keywords

IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIUM; FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; METAZOAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC GOODS; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ECOSYSTEM; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SIDEROPHORES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34547903029     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519860     Document Type: Article

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