Oscillations in continuous culture populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae: population dynamics and the evolution of clonal suicide

Agents that kill or induce suicide in the organisms that produce them or other individuals of the same genotype are intriguing puzzles for ecologists and evolutionary biologists. When those organisms are pathogenic bacteria, these suicidal toxins have the added appeal as candidates for the developme...

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Main Authors: Cornejo, O, Rozen, D, May, R, Levin, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society Publishing 2009
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