Relatedness and the evolution of mechanisms to divide labor in microorganisms

Division of labor occurs when cooperating individuals specialize to perform different tasks. In bacteria and other microorganisms, some species divide labor by random specialization, where an individual's role is determined by random fluctuations in biochemical reactions within the cell. Other...

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Main Authors: Liu, M, Cooper, GA, West, SA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021