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The Evolution of Quorum Sensing as a Mechanism to Infer Kinship
Bacteria regulate many phenotypes via quorum sensing systems. Quorum sensing is typically thought to evolve because the regulated cooperative phenotypes are only beneficial at certain cell densities. However, quorum sensing systems are also threatened by non-cooperative “cheaters” that may exploit q...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27120081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004848 |