Concurrent coevolution of intra-organismal cheaters and resisters

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 756-765

  Levin, S R ^a,b   Brock, D A ^b   Queller, D C ^b   Strassmann, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cheaters; Cooperation; Experimental evolution; Major transition; Multicellularity

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COEVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; RELATEDNESS;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 84928024878     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12618     Document Type: Article

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