Evolution - Bacterial cheaters

被引：10

作者：

Strassmann, JE ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Rice Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Houston, TX 77251 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2000年 / 404卷 / 6778期

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D O I：

10.1038/35007175

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

It is not just groups of higher organisms that are susceptible to cheaters - individuals that reap the benefits of cooperation without paying the costs. Cheating individuals also appear in laboratory cultures of Myxococcus xanthus bacteria, although their fate in nature is uncertain.

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