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Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator.

Nature - 18 May 2006

Fiegna Francesca, Yu Yuen-Tsu N, Kadam Supriya V, Velicer Gregory J

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Obligate relationships have evolved many times and can be parasitic or mutualistic. Obligate organisms rely on others to survive and thus coevolve with their host or partner. An important but little explored question is whether obligate status is an evolutionarily terminal condition or whether obligate lineages can evolve back to an autonomous lifestyle. The bacterium Myxococcus xanthus survives starvation by the...

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PMID: 16710413
DOI: 10.1038/nature04677

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