Cooperation and bacterial pathogenicity: an approach to social evolution
Kin selection could provide an explanation for social behavior in bacteria. The production of public goods such as extracellular molecules is metabolically costly for bacteria but could help them to exploit nutrients or invade a host. Some bacterial cells called social cheaters do not produce public...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sociedad de Biología de Chile
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2014000100013 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|