Subtleties in natural selection go beyond simple “survival of the fittest” Altruistic behavior in human beings has been the subject of evolutionary study for some time. A form of the same has been discovered in Escherichia coli: Here we follow a continuous culture of Escherichia coli facing increasing levels of antibiotic and show that the [...]
Tagged: altruism, Bacterial charity work leads to population-wide resistance, E. coli, Escherichia coli, evolution, Henry H. Lee, kinship selection, natural selection, survival of the fittest