Bacteria cooperate by working collaboratively to defend their colonies, share nutrients, and
resist antibiotics. Nevertheless, our understanding of these remarkable behaviours primarily …

Cooperation is prevalent across bacteria, but risks being exploited by non-cooperative
cheats. Horizontal gene transfer, particularly via plasmids, has been suggested as a …

In this article, I demonstrate two ways in which our major theories of the evolution of
cooperation may fail to capture particular social phenomena. The first shortcoming of our …

Bacteria cooperate by working collaboratively to defend their colonies, share nutrients, and
resist antibiotics. Nevertheless, our understanding of these remarkable behaviours primarily …

Influenza A virus (IAV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
are responsible for two of the deadliest pandemics in modern history, and the emergence of …

Helicobacter pylori is a prevalent bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucosa of humans. In
the 1990s, researchers discovered that H. pylori plays a role in the pathogenesis of gastric …