Division of labour in microorganisms: An evolutionary perspective

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 716-723

  West, Stuart A ^a   Cooper, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COOPERATION; MICROORGANISM; MITOCHONDRION; NATURAL SELECTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84988311342     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.111     Document Type: Review

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