RRC ID 29079
著者 Mehdiabadi NJ, Jack CN, Farnham TT, Platt TG, Kalla SE, Shaulsky G, Queller DC, Strassmann JE.
タイトル Social evolution: kin preference in a social microbe.
ジャーナル Nature
Abstract Kin recognition helps cooperation to evolve in many animals, but it is uncertain whether microorganisms can also use it to focus altruistic behaviour on relatives. Here we show that the social amoeba Dictyostelium purpureum prefers to form groups with its own kin in situations where some individuals die to assist others. By directing altruism towards kin, D. purpureum should generally avoid the costs of chimaerism experienced by the related D. discoideum.
巻・号 442(7105)
ページ 881-2
公開日 2006-8-24
DOI 10.1038/442881a
PII 442881a
PMID 16929288
MeSH Altruism* Animals Biological Evolution* Cell Aggregation Chimera Dictyostelium / classification* Dictyostelium / cytology Dictyostelium / growth & development Dictyostelium / physiology* Models, Biological* Social Behavior Spores / cytology Spores / growth & development
IF 42.779
引用数 111
WOS 分野 ECOLOGY
リソース情報
細胞性粘菌 S00437