Studies of microbial social defectors that 'cheat' on cooperative genotypes generally focus on interactions with their cooperative parents, yet in nature defectors may meet diverse cooperators. Genotype-by-genotype interactions may constrain the ranges of cooperators upon which particular defectors can cheat, limiting the cheaters' spread and potentially the overall equilibrium frequency of cheaters. The bacterium Myxococcus xanthus undergoes cooperative multicellular development upon starvation, but some developmental defectors can cheat on cooperators, outcompeting them within mixed groups. We show that a defector disrupted at the signaling gene csgA has a narrow cheating range among diverse natural cooperators owing to antagonisms not sp...
International audienceWhen cooperation has a direct cost and an indirect benefit, a selfish behavior...
Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of BiologyThomas G PlattNatural selection favors selfish behaviors th...
Bacteria produce a great diversity of siderophores to scavenge for iron in their environment. We sug...
Precise characterization of the mutation histories of evolutionary lineages is crucial for understan...
Precise characterization of the mutation histories of evolutionary lineages is crucial for understan...
In social organisms, cheaters that gain a fitness advantage by defecting from the costs of cooperati...
Cooperative biological systems are susceptible to disruption by cheating. Using the social bacterium...
The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating – the...
The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating – the...
The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating--the ...
When the supply of beneficial mutations limits adaptation, bacterial mutator alleles can reach high ...
An increasing body of empirical evidence suggests that cooperation among clone-mates is common in ba...
SummaryWhen the supply of beneficial mutations limits adaptation, bacterial mutator alleles can reac...
Mutualisms such as those between flowering plants and their pollinators are common in nature. Yet, u...
International audienceWhen cooperation has a direct cost and an indirect benefit, a selfish behavior...
Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of BiologyThomas G PlattNatural selection favors selfish behaviors th...
Bacteria produce a great diversity of siderophores to scavenge for iron in their environment. We sug...
Precise characterization of the mutation histories of evolutionary lineages is crucial for understan...
Precise characterization of the mutation histories of evolutionary lineages is crucial for understan...
In social organisms, cheaters that gain a fitness advantage by defecting from the costs of cooperati...
Cooperative biological systems are susceptible to disruption by cheating. Using the social bacterium...
The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating – the...
The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating – the...
The production of beneficial public goods is common in the microbial world, and so is cheating--the ...
When the supply of beneficial mutations limits adaptation, bacterial mutator alleles can reach high ...
An increasing body of empirical evidence suggests that cooperation among clone-mates is common in ba...
SummaryWhen the supply of beneficial mutations limits adaptation, bacterial mutator alleles can reac...
Mutualisms such as those between flowering plants and their pollinators are common in nature. Yet, u...
International audienceWhen cooperation has a direct cost and an indirect benefit, a selfish behavior...
Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of BiologyThomas G PlattNatural selection favors selfish behaviors th...
Bacteria produce a great diversity of siderophores to scavenge for iron in their environment. We sug...