Coevolution between cooperators and cheats in a microbial system.

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In many circumstances organisms invest in cooperative activities to increase their mutual fitness but are susceptible to cheats that obtain the benefits of cooperation without investment. Natural selection may favor cooperators that resist cheats, and cheats that avoid such resistance; in theory the coevolutionary interaction may be sustained and dynamic. Here, we report evidence of antagonistic coevolution...

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