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Population bottlenecks promote cooperation in bacterial biofilms.

PloS one - 25 Jul 2007

Brockhurst Michael A

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Population bottlenecks are assumed to play a key role in the maintenance of social traits in microbes. Ecological parameters such as colonisation or disturbances can favour cooperation through causing population bottlenecks that enhance genetic structuring (relatedness). However, the size of the...

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PMID: 17653261
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000634
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