Allelopathy as an emergent, exploitable public good in the bloom-forming microalga prymnesium parvum

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1582-1590

  Driscoll, William W ^a   Espinosa, Noelle J ^a   Eldakar, Omar T ^b   Hackett, Jeremiah D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Multilevel selection; Prymnesium parvum; Public goods; Toxic algal bloom

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN;

ALLELOPATHY; COEXISTENCE; DIATOM; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROALGA; NATURAL SELECTION; PUBLIC GOODS; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ALLELOPATHY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; GENETIC FITNESS; HAPTOPHYTA; POPULATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; PRYMNESIUM; PRYMNESIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84878666139     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12030     Document Type: Article

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