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    Obligate mutualistic cooperation limits evolvability

    Cooperative mutualisms are widespread and play fundamental roles in many ecosystems. Given that these interactions are often obligate, the Darwinian fitness of the participating individuals is not only determi...

    Benedikt Pauli, Leonardo Oña, Marita Hermann, Christian Kost in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Metabolic cross-feeding via intercellular nanotubes among bacteria

    Bacteria frequently exchange metabolites by diffusion through the extracellular environment, yet it remains generally unclear whether bacteria can also use cell–cell connections to directly exchange nutrients....

    Samay Pande, Shraddha Shitut, Lisa Freund, Martin Westermann… in Nature Communications (2015)

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    Experimental evolution of bet hedging

    If living organisms are to survive, they must cope with ever-changing environments. One solution is the evolution of sensing mechanisms allowing modulation of the phenotype in response to specific cues. A simp...

    Hubertus J. E. Beaumont, Jenna Gallie, Christian Kost, Gayle C. Ferguson… in Nature (2009)