Toxin production spontaneously becomes regulated by local cell density in evolving bacterial populations

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About the Authors

Hilje M. Doekes

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Theoretical Biology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Rob J. de Boer

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Theoretical Biology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Rutger Hermsen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Theoretical Biology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Toxins
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Bacterial evolution
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Phenotypes
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K cells
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Gene regulation
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Population dynamics
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Bacteriocins
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Microbial evolution
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