Quantification of Social Behavior in D. discoideum Reveals Complex Fixed and Facultative Strategies

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1373-1377

  Buttery, Neil J ^a   Rozen, Daniel E ^a   Wolf, Jason B ^a   Thompson, Christopher R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVOL_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 68849122760     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.058     Document Type: Article

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