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Loss of social behaviors by Myxococcus xanthus during evolution in an unstructured habitat

Social behaviors are often targets of natural selection among higher organisms, but quantifying the effects of such selection is difficult. We have used the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus as a model system for studying the evolution of social interactions. Changes in the social behaviors of 12 M. xant...

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Main Authors: Velicer, Gregory J., Kroos, Lee, Lenski, Richard E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The National Academy of Sciences 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC22839/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9770494
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