Ciliates learn to diagnose and correct classical error syndromes in mating strategies

Preconjugal ciliates learn classical repetition error-correction codes to safeguard mating messages and replies from corruption by rivals and local ambient noise. Because individual cells behave as memory channels with Szilárd engine attributes, these coding schemes also might be used to li...

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Main Author: Kevin Bradley Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00229/full