Exclusion rules, bottlenecks and the evolution of stochastic phenotype switching

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1724, 2011, Pages 3574-3583

  Libby, Eric ^a   Rainey, Paul B ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Exclusion rule; Immune response; Origins; Stochastic switching

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053964692     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0146     Document Type: Article

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