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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2017

Defector clustering is linked to cooperation in a pathogenic bacterium.

Edward W Tekwa, Dao Nguyen, Michel Loreau, Andrew Gonzalez

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Edward W TekwaDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1 wong.tek.wa@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2971-6128
Dao NguyenMeakins Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4A 3J1.
Michel LoreauTheoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS and Paul Sabatier University, 09200 Moulis, France.
Andrew GonzalezDepartment of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr Penfield, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spatial clustering is thought to favour the evolution of cooperation because it puts cooperators in a position to help each other. However, clustering also increases competition. The fate of cooperation may depend on how much cooperators cluster relative to defectors, but these clustering differences have not been the focus of previous models and experiments. By competing siderophore-producing cooperator and defector strains of the opportunistic pathogen

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Microbial InteractionsCluster AnalysisModels, BiologicalPopulation DynamicsPseudomonas aeruginosaSiderophoresSiderophoresdefector clusteringevolution of cooperationinteraction scalekin competitionpopulation dynamicsPseudomonas aeruginosa

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PMID29118137
PMCPMC5698654

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