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Expanded social fitness and Hamilton's rule for kin, kith, and kind by Queller, David C

“…Inclusive fitness theory has a combination of simplicity, generality, and accuracy that has made it an extremely successful way of thinking about and modeling…”
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The gene's eye view, the Gouldian knot, Fisherian swords and the causes of selection by Queller, David C

“…The biological units-of-selection debate has centred on questions of which units experience selection and adaptation. Here, I use a causal framework and the…”
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Evolutionary Conflict by Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…Evolutionary conflict occurs when two parties can each affect a joint phenotype, but they gain from pushing it in opposite directions. Conflicts occur across…”
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Beyond society: the evolution of organismality by Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.

“…The evolution of organismality is a social process. All organisms originated from groups of simpler units that now show high cooperation among the parts and…”
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Evolution of cooperation and control of cheating in a social microbe by Strassmann, Joan E, Queller, David C

“…Much of what we know about the evolution of altruism comes from animals. Here, we show that studying a microbe has yielded unique insights, particularly in…”
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Relatedness, conflict, and the evolution of eusociality by Liao, Xiaoyun, Rong, Stephen, Queller, David C

“…The evolution of sterile worker castes in eusocial insects was a major problem in evolutionary theory until Hamilton developed a method called inclusive…”
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Pleiotropy and synergistic cooperation by Queller, David C

“…Some forms of stable cooperation can evolve though pleiotropy with a beneficial private trait. This Formal Comment addresses a recent challenge to this idea,…”
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Fruiting bodies of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum increase spore transport by Drosophila by Smith, Jeff, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…Many microbial phenotypes are the product of cooperative interactions among cells, but their putative fitness benefits are often not well understood. In the…”
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Kin Discrimination and Cooperation in Microbes by Strassmann, Joan E, Gilbert, Owen M, Queller, David C

“…Recognition of relatives is important in microbes because they perform many behaviors that have costs to the actor while benefiting neighbors. Microbes…”
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Evolution of microbial markets by Werner, Gijsbert D. A., Strassmann, Joan E., Ivens, Aniek B. F., Engelmoer, Daniel J. P., Verbruggen, Erik, Queller, David C., Noë, Ronald, Johnson, Nancy Collins, Hammerstein, Peter, Kiers, E. Toby

“…Biological market theory has been used successfully to explain cooperative behavior in many animal species. Microbes also engage in cooperative behaviors, both…”
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Burkholderia bacteria infectiously induce the proto-farming symbiosis of Dictyostelium amoebae and food bacteria by DiSalvo, Susanne, Haselkorn, Tamara S, Bashir, Usman, Jimenez, Daniela, Brock, Debra A, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…Symbiotic associations can allow an organism to acquire novel traits by accessing the genetic repertoire of its partner. In the Dictyostelium discoideum…”
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The specificity of Burkholderia symbionts in the social amoeba farming symbiosis: Prevalence, species, genetic and phenotypic diversity by Haselkorn, Tamara S., DiSalvo, Susanne, Miller, Jacob W., Bashir, Usman, Brock, Debra A., Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.

“…The establishment of symbioses between eukaryotic hosts and bacterial symbionts in nature is a dynamic process. The formation of such relationships depends on…”
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Paraburkholderia symbionts isolated from Dictyostelium discoideum induce bacterial carriage in other Dictyostelium species by Mather, Rory Vu, Larsen, Tyler J, Brock, Debra A, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…The social amoeba engages in a complex relationship with bacterial endosymbionts in the genus , which can benefit their host by imbuing it with the ability to…”
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Testing the kinship theory of intragenomic conflict in honey bees (Apis mellifera) by Galbraith, David A., Kocher, Sarah D., Glenn, Tom, Albert, Istvan, Hunt, Greg J., Strassmann, Joan E., Queller, David C., Grozinger, Christina M.

“…Sexual reproduction brings genes from two parents (matrigenes and patrigenes) together into one individual. These genes, despite being unrelated, should show…”
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In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum , shortened stalks may limit obligate cheater success even when exploitable partners are available by Medina, James, Larsen, Tyler, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…Cooperation is widespread across life, but its existence can be threatened by exploitation. The rise of obligate social cheaters that are incapable of…”
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Synergistic activity of cosecreted natural products from amoebae-associated bacteria by Arp, Johannes, Götze, Sebastian, Mukherji, Ruchira, Mattern, Derek J., García-Altares, María, Klapper, Martin, Brock, Debra A., Brakhage, Axel A., Strassmann, Joan E., Queller, David C., Bardl, Bettina, Willing, Karsten, Peschel, Gundela, Stallforth, Pierre

“…Investigating microbial interactions from an ecological perspective is a particularly fruitful approach to unveil both new chemistry and bioactivity. Microbial…”
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Symbiont location, host fitness, and possible coadaptation in a symbiosis between social amoebae and bacteria by Shu, Longfei, Brock, Debra A, Geist, Katherine S, Miller, Jacob W, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E, DiSalvo, Susanne

“…Recent symbioses, particularly facultative ones, are well suited for unravelling the evolutionary give and take between partners. Here we look at variation in…”
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Unpredictable soil conditions can affect the prevalence of a microbial symbiosis by Scott, Trey J, Stephenson, Calum J, Rao, Sandeep, Queller, David C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…The evolution of symbiotic interactions may be affected by unpredictable conditions. However, a link between prevalence of these conditions and symbiosis has…”
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Context dependence in the symbiosis between Dictyostelium discoideum and Paraburkholderia by Scott, Trey J., Queller, David C., Strassmann, Joan E.

“…Symbiotic interactions change with environmental context. Measuring these context‐dependent effects in hosts and symbionts is critical to determining the…”
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High relatedness maintains multicellular cooperation in a social amoeba by controlling cheater mutants by Gilbert, Owen M, Foster, Kevin R, Mehdiabadi, Natasha J, Strassmann, Joan E, Queller, David C

“…The control of cheating is important for understanding major transitions in evolution, from the simplest genes to the most complex societies. Cooperative…”
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