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War and peace: social interactions in infections.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 19 May 2014
Leggett Helen C, Brown Sam P, Reece Sarah E
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One of the most striking facts about parasites and microbial pathogens that has emerged in the fields of social evolution and disease ecology in the past few decades is that these simple organisms have complex social lives, indulging in a variety of cooperative, communicative and coordinated behaviours. These organisms have provided elegant experimental tests of the importance of relatedness, kin discrimination,...
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