| Literature DB >> 24573154 |
Pierre M Durand1, Rajdeep Choudhury, Armin Rashidi, Richard E Michod.
Abstract
Programmed cell death (PCD) is an ancient phenomenon and its origin and maintenance in unicellular life is unclear. We report that programmed death provides differential fitness effects that are species specific in the model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Remarkably, PCD in this organism not only benefits others of the same species, but also has an inhibitory effect on the growth of other species. These data reveal that the fitness effects of PCD can depend upon genetic relatedness.Entities:
Keywords: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; inclusive fitness; programmed cell death
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24573154 PMCID: PMC3949379 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1088
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Lett ISSN: 1744-9561 Impact factor: 3.703