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Neha Kumari Mandal

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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Evolutionary BiologyPLoS BiologyPeer-reviewedJan 6, 2026

Differential evolution of cooperative traits in aggregative multicellular bacterium Myxococcus xanthus driven by varied population bottleneck sizes

Jyotsna Kalathera, Prakhar Jaiswal, Neha Kumari Mandal…·Samay Pande

This study shows that varying population bottleneck sizes in Myxococcus xanthus influence the evolution of cooperative traits, with stringent bottlenecks favoring fruiting body formation and growth while relaxed bottlenecks enhance overall fitness.

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