Social evolution: slimy cheats pay a price

Siobhan O'Brien; Michael A. Brockhurst

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.018

Social evolution: slimy cheats pay a price

Siobhan O'Brien, Michael A. Brockhurst^*

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Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics

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Abstract

Variation in the routes to social success has led to the designation of 'cheats' and 'cooperators', but new work shows that selection on non-social traits can give the illusion of social cheating in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R378-R381
Number of pages	4
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	25
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.018
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2015

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