An invitation to die: Initiators of sociality in a social amoeba become selfish spores

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 800-802

  Kuzdzal Fick, Jennie J ^a   Queller, David C ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste determination; Cheating; Dictyostelium discoideum; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ALTRUISM; INSECT; PROTOZOAN; SPORE; STARVATION; WORKER CASTE;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78649841492     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0257     Document Type: Article

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