Limits to the spread of an obligate social cheater in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum
J. M. Medina, D. Queller, J. E. Strassmann
The paper identifies three costs limiting obligate social cheaters in Dictyostelium discoideum: inability to form fruiting bodies, negative frequency-dependent cheating, and shorter stalks in chimeras.
bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology