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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ostrowski EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2586364 | biostudies-other | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
PLoS biology 20081101 11
In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, thousands of cells aggregate upon starvation to form a multicellular fruiting body, and approximately 20% of them die to form a stalk that benefits the others. The aggregative nature of multicellular development makes the cells vulnerable to exploitation by cheaters, and the potential for cheating is indeed high. Cells might avoid being victimized if they can discriminate among individuals and avoid those that are genetically different. We tested ho ...[more]