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Jim__

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2. I'm not sure what "Methods to mutate in reaction to antibiotics is shared" means.

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 03:02 PM

Nov 2012

I know there is bacterial conjugation which allows genetic transfer between bacteria. Is that what you mean? Do you know what prompts bacterial conjugation? I'd always assumed chemistry caused it; but I've never looked into it. Is it preferentially performed under stressful environmental conditions?

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We're in this together: A pathbreaking investigation into the evolution of cooperative behavior [View all] Jim__ Nov 2012 OP

one reason bacteria KT2000 Nov 2012 #1

I'm not sure what "Methods to mutate in reaction to antibiotics is shared" means. Jim__ Nov 2012 #2

what I meant was there are different ways KT2000 Nov 2012 #3

I find this a very decent article on "the cooperation theory" truedelphi Nov 2012 #4