A passive mutualistic interaction promotes the evolution of spatial structure within microbial populations

A passive mutualistic interaction promotes the evolution of spatial structure within microbial populations

Abstract Background While mutualistic interactions between different genotypes are pervasive in nature, their evolutionary origin is not clear. The dilemma is that, for mutualistic interactions to emerge and persist, an investment into the partner genotype must pay off: individuals of a first genoty...

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Main Authors: Marie Marchal, Felix Goldschmidt, Selina N. Derksen-Müller, Sven Panke, Martin Ackermann, David R. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Mutualism
Cross-feeding
Cell aggregation
Experimental evolution
Microbial populations
Spatial structure
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-0950-y

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