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Bacterial rock-paper-scissors
Email: Stuart Blackman - stuart.blackman@talk21.com News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040325-01
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In evolutionary terms, “non-transitive” competitive effects—those without strict competitive hierarchies in which the biggest, best, or meanest win—have been shown to underlie processes such as the diversity of mating tactics observed in side-blotched lizards. A paper published in the March 25 issue of Nature suggests a similar dynamic exists between competing strains of Escherichia coli in the intestines of their host mice, but others remain to be convinced.
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