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SUBMITTER: Ostrowski EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591038 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ostrowski Elizabeth A EA Shen Yufeng Y Tian Xiangjun X Sucgang Richard R Jiang Huaiyang H Qu Jiaxin J Katoh-Kurasawa Mariko M Brock Debra A DA Dinh Christopher C Lara-Garduno Fremiet F Lee Sandra L SL Kovar Christie L CL Dinh Huyen H HH Korchina Viktoriya V Jackson LaRonda L Patil Shobha S Han Yi Y Chaboub Lesley L Shaulsky Gad G Muzny Donna M DM Worley Kim C KC Gibbs Richard A RA Richards Stephen S Kuspa Adam A Strassmann Joan E JE Queller David C DC
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Cooperative systems are susceptible to invasion by selfish individuals that profit from receiving the social benefits but fail to contribute. These so-called "cheaters" can have a fitness advantage in the laboratory, but it is unclear whether cheating provides an important selective advantage in nature. We used a population genomic approach to examine the history of genes involved in cheating behaviors in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, testing whether these genes experience rapid ev ...[more]