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Evolution of bidirectional costly mutualism from byproduct consumption

Mutualisms are essential for life, yet it is unclear how they arise. A two-stage process has been proposed for the evolution of mutualisms that involve exchanges of two costly resources. First, costly provisioning by one species may be selected for if that species gains a benefit from costless bypro...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Harcombe, William R., Chacón, Jeremy M., Adamowicz, Elizabeth M., Chubiz, Lon M., Marx, Christopher J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255176/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30348787
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1810949115
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