Availability of public goods shapes the evolution of competing metabolic strategies

Tradeoffs provide a rationale for the outcome of natural selection. A prominent example is the negative correlation between the growth rate and the biomass yield in unicellular organisms. This tradeoff leads to a dilemma, where the optimization of growth rate is advantageous for an individual, where...

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Main Authors: Bachmann, H. (Author), Fischlechner, M. (Author), Rabbers, I. (Author), Barfa, N. (Author), Branco dos Santos, F. (Author), Molenaar, D. (Author), Teusink, B. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2013-08-27.
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