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Prisoner's dilemma in an RNA virus.

Nature - 1 Apr 1999

Turner P E, Chao L

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The evolution of competitive interactions among viruses was studied in the RNA phage phi6 at high and low multiplicities of infection (that is, at high and low ratios of infecting phage to host cells). At high multiplicities, many phage infect and reproduce in the same host cell, whereas at low multiplicities the viruses reproduce mainly as clones. An unexpected result of this study was that phage grown at high...

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PMID: 10201376
DOI: 10.1038/18913

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