ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2011
The sociobiology of molecular systems.
Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Horizontal Gene Transfer as a Source of Conflict and Cooperation in Prokaryotes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- The Ultimate Guide to Bacterial Swarming: An Experimental Model to Study the Evolution of Cooperative Behavior.Annual review of microbiology · 2019Review
- Inclusive fitness is an indispensable approximation for understanding organismal design.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2019Article
- Understanding policing as a mechanism of cheater control in cooperating bacteria.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2019Article
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- Selfish genetic elements and the gene's-eye view of evolution.Current zoology · 2016Article
- Defective quorum sensing of acute lymphoblastic leukemic cells: evidence of collective behavior of leukemic populations as semi-autonomous aberrant ecosystems.American journal of cancer research · 2016Article
- The genetical theory of multilevel selection.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2015Article
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- Extinction, coexistence, and localized patterns of a bacterial population with contact-dependent inhibition.BMC systems biology · 2014Article
- Lifecourse health development: past, present and future.Maternal and child health journal · 2014Article
- Modularity and evolutionary constraints in a baculovirus gene regulatory network.BMC systems biology · 2013Article
- Multilevel selection analysis of a microbial social trait.Molecular systems biology · 2013Article
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Abstract
It is often assumed that molecular systems are designed to maximize the competitive ability of the organism that carries them. In reality, natural selection acts on both cooperative and competitive phenotypes, across multiple scales of biological organization. Here I ask how the potential for social effects in evolution has influenced molecular systems. I discuss a range of phenotypes, from the selfish genetic elements that disrupt genomes, through metabolism, multicellularity and cancer, to behaviour and the organization of animal societies. I argue that the balance between cooperative and competitive evolution has shaped both form and function at the molecular scale.
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