Experimental evolution of selfish policing in social bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8357-8362

  Manhes, Pauline ^a   Velicer, Gregory J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheater resistance; Myxobacteria; Social conflict; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COOPERATION; FITNESS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79957727227     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014695108     Document Type: Article

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