Black Queen hypothesis
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Black Queen hypothesis
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The Black Queen hypothesis (BQH) is a reductive evolution theory which seeks to explain how natural selection can drive gene loss. In a microbial community, different members may have genes which produce certain chemicals or resources in a "leaky fashion" making them accessible to other members of that community. If this resource is available to certain members of a community in a way that allows them to sufficiently access that resource without generating it themselves, these other members in t
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Theory connecting gene loss in microbial communities to natural selection
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Queen_hypothesis
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2024-03-20T10:09:17Z
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