Kin Discrimination Increases with Genetic Distance in a Social Amoeba
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Kin Discrimination Increases with Genetic Distance in a Social Amoeba
In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, thousands of cells aggregate upon starvation to form a multicellular fruiting body, and approximately 20% of them die to form a stalk that benefits the others. The aggregative nature of multicellular development makes the cells vulnerable to exploitation by cheaters, and the potential for cheating is indeed high. Cells might avoid being victimized ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060287