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Description

New research out of Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine says that cheaters may prosper in the short term, but over time they seem doomed to fail, at least in the microscopic world of amoebas where natural selection favors the noble.

Summary

New research out of Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine says that cheaters may prosper in the short term, but over time they seem doomed to fail, at least in the microscopic world of amoebas where natural selection favors the noble.

Subtitle
"Slimy" cheaters don't prosper
Duration
1:30
Publishing date
2010-01-20 15:01
Link
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usnewssciencediscoveries/~3/kEeutUaJpJ0/66180
Contributors
  National Science Foundation
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Enclosures
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usnewssciencediscoveries/~5/T5BpDn992Kc/amoeba_cheaters.mp3
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