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Kin preference in a social microbe

Natasha J. Mehdiabadi (), Chandra N. Jack, Tiffany Talley Farnham, Thomas G. Platt, Sara E. Kalla, Gad Shaulsky, David C. Queller and Joan E. Strassmann
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Natasha J. Mehdiabadi: Rice University
Chandra N. Jack: Rice University
Tiffany Talley Farnham: Rice University
Thomas G. Platt: Rice University
Sara E. Kalla: Rice University
Gad Shaulsky: Baylor College of Medicine
David C. Queller: Rice University
Joan E. Strassmann: Rice University

Nature, 2006, vol. 442, issue 7105, 881-882

Abstract: Given the right circumstances, even an amoeba chooses to be altruistic towards its relatives.

Date: 2006
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