Fitness tradeoffs between spores and nonaggregating cells can explain the coexistence of diverse genotypes in cellular slime molds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2776-2781

  Tarnita, Corina E ^a   Washburne, Alex ^a   Martinez Garcia, Ricardo ^a   Sgro, Allyson E ^a   Levin, Simon A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Cooperation; Dictyostelium discoideum; Dispersal; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; FRUITING; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 84924148515     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424242112     Document Type: Article

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