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Genes for cooperation are not more likely to be carried by plasmids
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Cooperation is prevalent across bacteria, but risks being exploited by non-cooperative cheats. Horizontal gene transfer, particularly via plasmids, has been suggested as a mechanism to stabilize cooperation. A key prediction of this hypothesis is that genes which are more likely to be transferred, such as those on plasmids, should be more likely to code for cooperative traits. Testing this prediction requires identifying all genes for cooperation in bacterial genomes. However, previous studie...
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1098/rspb.2023.2549
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- Royal Society
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences More from this journal
- Volume:
- 291
- Article number:
- 20232549
- Publication date:
- 2024-02-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-01-26
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1471-2954
- ISSN:
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0962-8452
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English
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1606983
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pubs:1606983
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2024-01-26
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- 2024
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