Interspecies and intraspecies interactions in social amoebae

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-362

  Sathe, S ^a,b   Khetan, N ^a   Nanjundiah, V ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chimaera; Cooperation; Dictyostelium; Guild; Microbial diversity; Niche overlap; Reproductive skew; Social behaviour; Sorting out

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COEXISTENCE; LABOR DIVISION; NICHE OVERLAP; PROTOZOAN; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM GIGANTEUM; DICTYOSTELIUM PURPUREUM;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; COOPERATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; EVOLUTION; GUILD; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SORTING OUT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHIMAERA; COOPERATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; GUILD; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NICHE OVERLAP; REPRODUCTIVE SKEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; SORTING OUT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DICTYOSTELIUM; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892898061     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12298     Document Type: Article

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