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Migration in the social stage of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae impacts competition

Interaction conditions can change the balance of cooperation and conflict in multicellular groups. After aggregating together, cells of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum may migrate as a group (known as a slug) to a new location. We consider this migration stage as an arena for social compe...

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Autores principales: Jack, Chandra N., Buttery, Neil, Adu-Oppong, Boahemaa, Powers, Michael, Thompson, Christopher R.L., Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4627915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26528414
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1352