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Microbial Social Evolution

Microbial Social Evolution is a theoretical framework within evolutionary microbiology that explains the emergence and maintenance of cooperative behaviors among microorganisms through natural selection acting on social traits.

89

Publications

7.9K

Citations

285

Authors

150

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

23

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Publications

89

The Social Lives of Microbes

Stuart A. West, Stephen P. Diggle, Angus Buckling et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2007 · 744 citations

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The evolution of social behavior in microorganisms

Bernard J. Crespi · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2001 · 592 citations

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Developmental cheating in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Gregory J. Velicer, Lee Kroos, Richard E. Lenski · Nature · 2000 · 336 citations

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Bacterial linguistic communication and social intelligence

Eshel Ben Jacob, Israela Becker, Yoash Shapira et al. · Trends in Microbiology · 2004 · 335 citations

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Quorum Sensing and the Social Evolution of Bacterial Virulence

Kendra P. Rumbaugh, Stephen P. Diggle, Chase Watters et al. · Current Biology · 2009 · 321 citations · Full text

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Authors

285

  1. GJ
    Gregory J. Velicer

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

    11

    h-index

  2. SA
    Stuart A. West

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

    9

    h-index

  3. AS
    Ashleigh S. Griffin

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.4K citations

    6

    h-index

  4. AB
    Angus Buckling

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 919 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. SP
    Stephen P. Diggle

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 1.4K citations

    5

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Institutions

150

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    34 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    4.1K citations

  3. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    791 citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    565 citations

  6. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    373 citations

  7. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    730 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    428 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 13 publications · 1.3K citations

    13

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  2. 6

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  3. Evolution

    5 publications · 224 citations

    5

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  4. Current Biology

    5 publications · 549 citations

    5

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  5. Molecular Ecology

    4 publications · 122 citations

    4

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