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Eco-evolutionary feedbacks can rescue cooperation in microbial populations

Bacterial populations whose growth depends on the cooperative production of public goods are usually threatened by the rise of cheaters that do not contribute but just consume the common resource. Minimizing cheater invasions appears then as a necessary mechanism to maintain these populations. Howev...

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Autores principales: Moreno-Fenoll, Clara, Cavaliere, Matteo, Martínez-García, Esteban, Poyatos, Juan F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28211914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42561