Bacterial cooperation controlled by mobile elements: Kin selection and infectivity are part of the same process

Heredity

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-281

  Rankin, D J ^a,b   McGinty, S E ^a,b   Nogueira, T ^c,d   Touchon, M ^e   Taddei, F ^f,g   Rocha, E P C ^e   Brown, S P ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84984774526     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.59     Document Type: Letter

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