Exploitative and hierarchical antagonism in a cooperative bacterium.
Social organisms that cooperate with some members of their own species, such as close relatives, may fail to cooperate with other genotypes of the same species. Such noncooperation may take the form of outright antagonism or social exploitation. Myxococcus xanthus is a highly social prokaryote that...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030370 |