Differences in Cell Division Rates Drive the Evolution of Terminal Differentiation in Microbes

• João F. Matias Rodrigues ,

  * E-mail: joao.rodrigues@imls.uzh.ch

  Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Daniel J. Rankin,

  Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Valentina Rossetti,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Andreas Wagner,

  Affiliations Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Homayoun C. Bagheri

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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