5 Result(s)

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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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Jochen Graw, Klaus Hantke, Wolfgang Wohlleben, Christian Kost… in BIOspektrum (2021)

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The evolutionary emergence of stochastic phenotype switching in bacteria

Stochastic phenotype switching – or bet hedging – is a pervasive feature of living systems and common in bacteria that experience fluctuating (unpredictable) environmental conditions. Under such conditions, th...

Paul B Rainey, Hubertus JE Beaumont, Gayle C Ferguson… in Microbial Cell Factories (2011)

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Testing the optimal defence hypothesis for two indirect defences: extrafloral nectar and volatile organic compounds

Many plants respond to herbivory with an increased production of extrafloral nectar (EFN) and/or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to attract predatory arthropods as an indirect defensive strategy. In this stu...

Venkatesan Radhika, Christian Kost, Stefan Bartram, Martin Heil, Wilhelm Boland in Planta (2008)

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The Defensive Role of Volatile Emission and Extrafloral Nectar Secretion for Lima Bean in Nature

Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) features two indirect anti-herbivore defenses—emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and secretion of extrafloral nectar (EFN)—which are both inducible upon herbivore damage. ...

Christian Kost, Martin Heil in Journal of Chemical Ecology (2008)