Social evolution theory for microorganisms

By Stuart A. West, A. Griffin, Andy Gardner, Steve Diggle. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2006

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Subfields: Genetics, Sociology and Political Science

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The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology (2007, background): “The broad applicability of behavioural theory is highlighted by using microorganisms to study the evolution of socialit”
Evolutionary game theory: Theoretical concepts and applications to microbial communities (2010, background): “In evolutionary theory many principles were proposed to overcome this dilemma of cooperation: repeated interaction [20, 28], punishment [20, 30], or kin discrimination [31, 32].”
Cellular Decision-Making and Biological Noise: From Microbes to Mammals (2011, background): “Though criticized by researchers from the field of social evolution (West et al., 2006), this proposal brings up an interesting question: which microbial patterns are functional, and when can patterns evolve?”
The Black Queen Hypothesis: Evolution of Dependencies through Adaptive Gene Loss (2012, background): “This relationship raises the question: are beneficiaries evolutionary “cheaters?” Cheaters are typically thought of as mutants within a singlespecies population that stop performing some function that is costly to the individual but beneficial to the group as a whole, thereby gaining a fitness advan”
Role of microorganisms in the evolution of animals and plants: the hologenome theory of evolution. (2008, background): “…selection holds true for all participants of the holobiont, namely, for the host as well as for the individual microorganisms as claimed by West et al. (2006) describing a general evolution theory for microorganisms and by Dethlefsen et al. (2006) and Dethlefsen et al. (2007) reviewing…”
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Evolutionary Adaptation and Diversification in Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Lung Infections (2016, background): “Hence, nonproducers (‘cheats’) can still reap the benefits of metabolites produced by others (‘cooperators’), while paying little or no cost [79].”
Quorum sensing, communication and cross-kingdom signalling in the bacterial world. (2007, background): “QS also continues to attract significant interest from the perspective of social evolution, fitness and the benefits associated with costly co-operative behaviours (Diggle et al., 2007; West et al., 2006).”
Quorum Sensing and Bacterial Social Interactions in Biofilms (2012, background): “The basis for explanation of such cooperation is provided by Hamilton’s inclusive fitness or Kin selection theory, which states that cooperation evolves between genetically related individuals or relatives [66].”
Role of root exudates in plant-microbe interactions (2012, background): “Many bacteria regulate diverse physiological processes in concert with their population size (WEST et al., 2006).”
Social semantics: how useful has group selection been? (2008, methodology): “Indeed, indirect fitness benefits to relatives can explain a number of cases where selection has favoured bacteria to use resources more slowly and efficiently (West et al., 2006b, 2007a).”