Plasmids do not consistently stabilize cooperation across bacteria, but may promote broad pathogen host-range
Horizontal gene transfer via plasmids could favour cooperation in bacteria, because transfer of a cooperative gene turns non-cooperative cheats into cooperators. This hypothesis has received support from theoretical, genomic and experimental analyses. In contrast, with a comparative analysis across...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2021
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