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What is the red queen evolutionary hypothesis |
Organisms must evolve and adapt, not merely to gain an advantage but to simple compete in an ever changing environment with ever evolving competitor organism |
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What is the black queen hypothesis |
Some of the needs of microorganisms can be met by other organisms can be met by other organisms, enabling microbes that reply in one another to live more efficiently by paring down the genes they have to carry around. In these cases, it would make evolutionary sense for a microbe to lose a burdensome gene for a function it doesn’t have to perform for itself |
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What is quorum sensing |
Accumulation of diffusible signal molecules in the surrounding environment termed auto inducers |
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What is a public good |
A resource that is costly for an individual to produce and which provides a benefit to all the individuals in the local group or population |
