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Microbial communication, cooperation and cheating: quorum sensing drives the evolution of cooperation in bacteria by Czaran, T.L, Hoekstra, R.F

“…An increasing body of empirical evidence suggests that cooperation among clone-mates is common in bacteria. Bacterial cooperation may take the form of the…”
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Initial mutations direct alternative pathways of protein evolution by Salverda, Merijn L M, Dellus, Eynat, Gorter, Florien A, Debets, Alfons J M, van der Oost, John, Hoekstra, Rolf F, Tawfik, Dan S, de Visser, J Arjan G M

“…Whether evolution is erratic due to random historical details, or is repeatedly directed along similar paths by certain constraints, remains unclear. Epistasis…”
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High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites by Aanen, Duur K., de Fine Licht, Henrik H., Debets, Alfons J. M., Kerstes, Niels A. G., Hoekstra, Rolf F., Boomsma, Jacobus J.

“…It is unclear how mutualistic relationships can be stable when partners disperse freely and have the possibility of forming associations with many alternative…”
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Chemical Warfare between Microbes Promotes Biodiversity by Czárán, Tamás L., Hoekstra, Rolf F., Pagie, Ludo

“…Evolutionary processes generating biodiversity and ecological mechanisms maintaining biodiversity seem to be diverse themselves. Conventional explanations of…”
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High natural prevalence of a fungal prion by Debets, Alfons J. M, Dalstra, Henk J. P, Slakhorst, Marijke, Koopmanschap, Bertha, Hoekstra, Rolf F, Saupe, Sven J

“…Prions are infectious proteins that cause fatal diseases in mammals. Prions have also been found in fungi, but studies on their role in nature are scarce. The…”
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Mitotic Recombination Accelerates Adaptation in the Fungus Aspergillus nidulans by Schoustra, S.E, Debets, A.J.M, Slakhorst-Wandel, S.M, Hoekstra, R.F

“…Understanding the prevalence of sexual reproduction in eukaryotes is a hard problem. At least two aspects still defy a fully satisfactory explanation, the…”
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Genetic analysis of the interaction between Allium species and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by Galván, Guillermo A., Kuyper, Thomas W., Burger, Karin, Keizer, L. C. Paul, Hoekstra, Rolf F., Kik, Chris, Scholten, Olga E.

“…The response of Allium cepa, A. roylei, A. fistulosum , and the hybrid A. fistulosum × A. roylei to the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Glomus intraradices…”
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An experimental test of the independent action hypothesis in virus–insect pathosystems by Zwart, Mark P., Hemerik, Lia, Cory, Jenny S., de Visser, J. Arjan G.M., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Van Oers, Monique M., Vlak, Just M., Hoekstra, Rolf F., Van der Werf, Wopke

“…The ‘independent action hypothesis’ (IAH) states that each pathogen individual has a non-zero probability of causing host death and that pathogen individuals…”
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Effect of dispersal and nutrient availability on the competitive ability of toxin-producing yeast by Wloch-Salamon, Dominika M, Gerla, Daan, Hoekstra, Rolf F, de Visser, J. Arjan G.M

“…where we manipulate dispersal under two extreme nutrient conditions: one environment with and the other without replenishment of nutrients. We find that toxin…”
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Janus-headed communication promotes bacterial cooperation and cheating: Is quorum sensing useful against infections? by Czárán, Tamás, F, Hoekstra Rolf

“…In a detailed spatially explicit simulation study (Czárán & Hoekstra, 2009) we have shown that quorum sensing (QS) - the ability of bacteria to detect the…”
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Sexual Transmission of the [Het-s] Prion Leads to Meiotic Drive in Podospora anserina by Henk J. P. Dalstra, Swart, Klaas, Alfons J. M. Debets, Saupe, Sven J., Hoekstra, Rolf F.

“…In the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina, two phenomena are associated with polymorphism at the het-s locus, vegetative incompatibility and ascospore…”
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Dynamics of dsRNA mycoviruses in black Aspergillus populations by van Diepeningen, Anne D., Debets, Alfons J.M., Hoekstra, Rolf F.

“…Approximately 10% of all examined 668 representatives of black Aspergillus species, independent of worldwide location, were infected with double-stranded RNA…”
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Spatial structure inhibits the rate of invasion of beneficial mutations in asexual populations by Habets, Michelle G. J. L., Czárán, Tamás, Hoekstra, Rolf F., de Visser, J. Arjan G. M.

“…dispersed to different degrees in a spatially structured environment during 40 generations, experimentally and theoretically. Simulations as well as…”
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Killer-sensitive coexistence in metapopulations of micro-organisms by Czárán, Tamás L., Hoekstra, Rolf F.

“…Many micro-organisms are known to produce efficient toxic substances against conspecifics and closely related species. The widespread coexistence of killer…”
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Insertion-sequence-mediated mutations isolated during adaptation to growth and starvation in Lactococcus lactis by Visser, J.A.G.M. de, Akkermans, A.D.L, Hoekstra, R.F, Vos, W.M. de

“…We studied the activity of three multicopy insertion sequence (IS) elements in 12 populations of Lactococcus lactis IL1403 that evolved in the laboratory for…”
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Selection against somatic parasitism can maintain allorecognition in fungi by Czárán, Tamas, Hoekstra, Rolf F., Aanen, Duur K.

“…•The evolution of allorecognition in fungi remains to be explained.•We model coevolution of allorecognition and somatic parasitism in space and time.•We show…”
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Adaptation to the cost of resistance: a model of compensation, recombination, and selection in a haploid organism by Wijngaarden, Pieter J., van den Bosch, Frank, Jeger, Michael J., Hoekstra, Rolf F.

“…Populations of pathogenic organisms often evolve resistance in response to the use of pesticides or antibiotics. This rise of resistance may be followed by a…”
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Evolution of sexual asymmetry by Czaran, T.L, Hoekstra, R.F

“…The clear dominance of two-gender sex in recent species is a notorious puzzle of evolutionary theory. It has at least two layers: besides the most fundamental…”
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The evolution of obligate mutualism: if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em by Aanen, Duur K., Hoekstra, Rolf F.

“…Wolbachia is best known as a facultative endosymbiotic parasite, manipulating host reproduction. However, it has also evolved as an obligate mutualist at least…”
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Wrong place, wrong time: climate change-induced range shift across fragmented habitat causes maladaptation and declined population size in a modelled bird species by Cobben, Marleen M. P., Verboom, Jana, Opdam, Paul F. M., Hoekstra, Rolf F., Jochem, René, Smulders, Marinus J. M.

“…Many species are locally adapted to decreased habitat quality at their range margins, and therefore show genetic differences throughout their ranges. Under…”
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