Detecting the molecular signature of social conflict: Theory and a test with bacterial quorum sensing genes

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-450

  David van Dyken, J ^a,b   Wade, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cheating; Conflict; Evolutionary null model; Kin selection; Molecular evolution; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KIN SELECTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; QUORUM SENSING;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858784280     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664609     Document Type: Article

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