Sociobiology - The Phoenix effect

被引:10
作者
Foster, KR [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Program Evolutionary Dynam, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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10.1038/441291a
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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];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A spore-forming bacterium can escape from social collapse and extinction with a single mutation that has a dramatic effect. Here is evidence that a cooperative system can recover from the very brink of destruction.
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