Cooperative behavior, the costly provision of benefits to others, is common across all
domains of life. This review article discusses cooperative behavior in the microbial world …

A fascinating wealth of life cycles is observed in biology, from unicellularity to the concerted
fragmentation of multicellular units. However, the understanding of factors driving their …

How unicellular organisms optimize the production of compounds is a fundamental
biological question. While it is typically thought that production is optimized at the individual …

The evolution of multicellular organisms represents one of the major evolutionary transitions
in the history of life. A potential advantage of forming multicellular clumps is that it provides …

Evolutionary game dynamics are often studied in the context of different population
structures. Here we propose a new population structure that is inspired by simple …

The evolution of multicellularity was a major transition in the history of life on earth.
Conditions under which multicellularity is favored have been studied theoretically and …

Encouraged by the interaction between two species of microbes, in which one species is
capable of replenishing the public resources and the other is not, the dilemma structure (the …

Staying together means that replicating units do not separate after reproduction, but remain
attached to each other or in close proximity. Staying together is a driving force for evolution …

We explore indirect reciprocity with optional interactions and private information and
stochastic evolution of staying together. Indirect reciprocity is cooperation based on …

You probably take cooperation for granted. You would be excused for doing so—
cooperation is all around us. Children team up to complete a project on time. Neighbors help …