Social Evolution: This Microbe Will Self-Destruct

Andy Gardner; Rolf Kuemmerli

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.003

Social Evolution: This Microbe Will Self-Destruct

Andy Gardner^*, Rolf Kuemmerli

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Biology

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Abstract

Phenotypic noise and social evolution in microbes have recently attracted huge interdisciplinary interest. A new study highlights the interaction between these phenomena and its implications for self-destructive cooperation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1021-R1023
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	18
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.003
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2008

Keywords

MICROORGANISMS
COOPERATION
BISTABILITY
BACTERIA
BEHAVIOR
ALTRUISM

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Social Evolution: This Microbe Will Self-Destruct

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