Social evolution: Slimy cheats pay a price

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages R378-R381

  O'Brien, Siobhan ^a,b   Brockhurst, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROTOZOAN SPORE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 84929659599     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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