Cheating does not explain selective differences at high and low relatedness in a social amoeba

Cheating does not explain selective differences at high and low relatedness in a social amoeba

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Altruism can be favored by high relatedness among interactants. We tested the effect of relatedness in experimental populations of the social amoeba <it>Dictyostelium discoideum</it>, where altruism occurs in a starvation...

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Main Authors: Queller David C, Brock Debra A, Saxer Gerda, Strassmann Joan E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/76

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