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High Relatedness Is Necessary and Sufficient to Maintain Multicellularity in Dictyostelium

Author:

Kuzdzal-Fick Jennie J.¹²,Fox Sara A.¹,Strassmann Joan E.¹³,Queller David C.¹³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA.

2. Section of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

3. Department of Biology CB1137, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

Abstract

Experimental evolution shows that the cooperation of cells in multicellular organisms degrades under low relatedness.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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