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Recombination as an enforcement mechanism of prosocial behavior in cooperating bacteria

Prosocial behavior is ubiquitous in nature despite the relative fitness costs carried by cooperative individuals. However, the stability of cooperation in populations is fragile and often maintained through enforcement. We propose that homologous recombination provides such a mechanism in bacteria....

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Autores principales: Lee, Isaiah Paolo A., Eldakar, Omar Tonsi, Gogarten, J. Peter, Andam, Cheryl P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10405257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37554437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107344