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

• Hilje M. Doekes ,

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

  * E-mail: hiljedoekes@gmail.com

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-5176

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• Rob J. de Boer,

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

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2130-691X

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• 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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4633-4877

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