An experimental test of whether cheating is context dependent

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 551-556

  Ghoul, M ^a   West, S A ^a   Diggle, S P ^b   Griffin, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheating; Cooperation; Microbes; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE; PYOVERDINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84894284418     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12319     Document Type: Article

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