Relatedness and the evolution of mechanisms to divide labor in microorganisms

Abstract Division of labor occurs when cooperating individuals specialize to perform different tasks. In bacteria and other microorganisms, some species divide labor by random specialization, where an individual's role is determined by random fluctuations in biochemical reactions within the cel...

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Main Authors: Ming Liu, Stuart Andrew West, Guy Alexander Cooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8067