Repression of competition favours cooperation: Experimental evidence from bacteria

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-706

  Kummerli R ^a   van den Berg, P ^b   Griffin, A S ^c   West, S A ^c   Gardner, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Microorganisms; Randomization of reproductive success; Relatedness; Siderophores; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; IRON; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDEROPHORES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77952520976     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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