Evolution of cooperation and control of cheating in a social microbe

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

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 10855-10862

  Strassmann, Joan E ^a   Queller, David C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin recognition; Kin selection; Major transitions; Multicellularity

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); CELL LABELING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DICTYLOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; KIN SELECTION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 79960649554     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102451108     Document Type: Article

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