Host sanctions and the legume-rhizobium mutualism.
Explaining mutualistic cooperation between species remains one of the greatest problems for evolutionary biology. Why do symbionts provide costly services to a host, indirectly benefiting competitors sharing the same individual host? Host monitoring of symbiont performance and the imposition of sanc...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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