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The path to re-evolve cooperation is constrained in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
BMC evolutionary biology - 11 Sept 2017
Granato Elisa T, Kümmerli Rolf
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BACKGROUND: A common form of cooperation in bacteria is based on the secretion of beneficial metabolites, shareable as public good among cells within a group. Because cooperation can be exploited by "cheating" mutants, which contribute less or nothing to the public good, there has been great interest in understanding the conditions required for cooperation to remain evolutionarily stable. In contrast, much less...
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