Survival of the weakest? Bacteria develop restraint for survival in a rock-paper-scissors community

Monday, June 20, 2011 - 20:30 in Biology & Nature

New research shows that in some structured communities, organisms increase their chances of survival if they evolve some level of restraint that allows competitors to survive as well, a sort of "survival of the weakest."

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