The effect of cheats on siderophore diversity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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Cooperation can be maintained if cooperative behaviours are preferentially directed towards other cooperative individuals. Tag-based cooperation (greenbeards) - where cooperation benefits individuals with the same tag as the actor - is one way to achieve this. Tag-based cooperation can be exploited by individuals who maintain the specific tag but do not cooperate, and selection to escape this exploitation can...

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