Costs and benefits of provocation in bacterial warfare
Competition in animals involves a wide variety of aggressive behaviors. One of the most sophisticated strategies for a focal actor is to provoke a competitor into uncontrolled aggression toward other competitors. Like animals, bacteria rely on a broad spectrum of molecular weapons, some of which pro...
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Language: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2018
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