The evolutionary path to terminal differentiation and division of labor in cyanobacteria

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Rossetti, Valentina ^a   Schirrmeister, Bettina E ^a   Bernasconi, Marco V ^a   Bagheri, Homayoun C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cooperation; Multicellularity; Phytoplankton; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CYANOBACTERIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

CYANOBACTERIA;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIVISION; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76449121463     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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