The major transitions in evolution
Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 November 1995
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This book discusses the origins of societies, development and evolution, and the development of spatial patterns in simple organisms.
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Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyBacterial Filament Formation, a Defense Mechanism against Flagellate Grazing, Is Growth Rate Controlled in Bacteria of Different Phyla
184 Citations1999Martin W. Hahn, Edward R. B. Moore +1 more
The finding that the grazing defense mechanism consisting of filament formation is growth rate controlled in the flectobacilli investigated and C. acidovorans PX54 may indicate that this mechanism is a phylogenetically widely distributed defense strategy against grazing.
Theoretical Population BiologyVertical Transmission and Evolution of Mutualism from Parasitism
179 Citations1993Norio Yamamura
Using an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) model, it is shown that vertical transmission, defined as the direct transfer of infection from a parent host to its progeny, is an important factor which can urge reduction of parasite virulence.
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyDirect and Indirect Effects of Protist Predation on Population Size Structure of a Bacterial Strain with High Phenotypic Plasticity
176 Citations2006Gianluca Corno, Klaus Jürgens
Dialysis bag experiments in combination with continuous cultivation revealed that filament formation was significantly enhanced even without direct contact of bacteria with bacterivores and was thus probably stimulated by grazer excretory products.
ScienceMutualistic Fungi Control Crop Diversity in Fungus-Growing Ants
172 Citations2005Michael Poulsen, Jacobus J. Boomsma
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