Selection favors incompatible signaling in bacteria

A cooperative group can achieve more than the sum of its members. Evolution has taken advantage of this principle in most natural systems, from multicellular individuals to ant colonies. To do so, it has provided the members of cooperative groups with communication tools, which are critical for effe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Perez Escudero, Alfonso, Gore, Jeff
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106901
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