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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Main Authors: Kiers, E, Rousseau, R, West, SA, Denison, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003