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Fine-scale spatial ecology drives kin selection relatedness among cooperating amoebae.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2016

Smith Jeff, Strassmann Joan E, Queller David C

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Cooperation among microbes is important for traits as diverse as antibiotic resistance, pathogen virulence, and sporulation. The evolutionary stability of cooperation against "cheater" mutants depends critically on the extent to which microbes interact with genetically similar individuals. The causes of this genetic social structure in natural microbial systems, however, are unknown. Here, we show that social...

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PMID: 26931797
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12895

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