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Nutrient limitation determines the fitness of cheaters in bacterial siderophore cooperation

Cooperative behaviors provide a collective benefit, but are considered costly for the individual. Here, we report that these costs vary dramatically in different contexts and have opposing effects on the selection for non-cooperating cheaters. We investigate a prominent example of bacterial cooperat...

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Autores principales: Sexton, D. Joseph, Schuster, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00222-2