Dictyostelium discoideum

David C Queller1, Eleonora Ponte, Salvatore Bozzaro

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolution, MS-170, Rice University, Post Office Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, USA. Queller@rice.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 4, 2003
PubMed
まとめ

Dictyostelium discoideum の csA 遺伝子は,単一遺伝子のグリーンバードとして作用し,利他主義を可能にします. この遺伝子は,ワイルド型細胞が,同性愛細胞結合を通じて,他のワイルド型細胞を優遇的に支援することを可能にします.

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