Structured growth and genetic drift raise relatedness in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 794-797

  Buttery, Neil J ^a   Jack, Chandra N ^b   Adu Oppong, Boahemaa ^a   Snyder, Kate T ^c   Thompson, Christopher R L ^d   Queller, David C ^a   Strassmann, Joan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Bioengineering ^*  (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Genetic drift; Social evolution; Social microbes

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; KIN SELECTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PROTOZOAN; RELATEDNESS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 84866664829     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0421     Document Type: Article

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