Nutrient status shapes selfish mitochondrial genome dynamics across different levels of selection

Cooperation and cheating are widespread evolutionary strategies. While cheating confers an advantage to individual entities within a group, competition between groups favors cooperation. Selfish or cheater mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) proliferates within hosts while being selected against at the level...

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Main Authors: Bryan L Gitschlag, Ann T Tate, Maulik R Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/56686