Eco-evolutionary dynamics of complex social strategies in microbial communities

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Harrington, Kyle I ^a   Sanchez, Alvaro ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco evolutionary dynanics; microbial communities; microbial cooperation; population dynamics; social games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901344970     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.28230     Document Type: Article

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