title: Microbial evolution: enforcing cooperation by partial kin selection.
abstract: How do bacterial cells mediate effective cooperation? A new paper suggests two routes: converting the uninitiated to their cause by lateral gene transfer, and enforcing cooperative behavior by killing revertants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. jlawrence@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D056265:Microbial Interactions
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins