A generalization of hamilton's rule for the evolution of microbial cooperation

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5986, 2010, Pages 1700-1703

  Smith, Jeff ^a,b   Van Dyken, J David ^a   Zee, Peter C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; KIN SELECTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EVOLUTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 77954046327     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189675     Document Type: Article

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31. We thank G. Velicer for funding and laboratory support through NIH grant GM07690 and S. Alizon, W. Castle, D. Queller, and W. Ratcliff for discussion and comments on the manuscript. J.D.V.D. was supported by NIH grant R01GM084238 to M.J. Wade. P.C.Z. was supported by the Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Sciences Training Grant (T32GM007757). All authors conceived the project, discussed the results, and commented on the paper, j.s. and D.V.D. designed the theoretical approach, j.s. did the math, designed and performed the experiments, and wrote the paper, j.s. and P.C.Z. analyzed the data.