The evolution of collective restraint: policing and obedience among non-conjugative plasmids.

The repression of competition by mechanisms of policing is now recognized as a major force in the maintenance of cooperation. General models on the evolution of policing have focused on the interplay between individual competitiveness and mutual policing, demonstrating a positive relationship betwee...

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Main Authors: Kyriakos Kentzoglanakis, Diana García López, Sam P Brown, Richard A Goldstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3630227?pdf=render