Rapid antagonistic coevolution between strains of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3565-3571

  Hollis, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Antagonistic coevolution; Dictyostelium discoideum; Social amoeba; Social conflict; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANTAGONISM; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; COEVOLUTION; FRUITING; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE; MUTATION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 84864374101     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0975     Document Type: Article

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