Several yeast strains are capable of forming multicellular structures such as hyphae, biofilms, floccs and even complex organized colonies. Cell to cell interactions are important to maintain such multicellular objects as cells are producing various adhesive factors supporting the whole colony. Such cooperative behavior can be exploited by cheater cells that do not produce the adhesive factor. The interaction between cooperating and cheating cells can be captured by evolutionary game theory and the spatial stucture of the colony by network theory. We combine these concept in a modeling tool that can simulate the dynamical changes in network organization as a result of interactions between cooperators and cheaters
Csikasz Nagy, A. (2013). Social behaviour in yeasts. In: 30th Meeting of the Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche (SIMGBM), Ischia, September 18th-21st 2013. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/23451
Social behaviour in yeasts
Csikasz Nagy, Attila
2013-01-01
Abstract
Several yeast strains are capable of forming multicellular structures such as hyphae, biofilms, floccs and even complex organized colonies. Cell to cell interactions are important to maintain such multicellular objects as cells are producing various adhesive factors supporting the whole colony. Such cooperative behavior can be exploited by cheater cells that do not produce the adhesive factor. The interaction between cooperating and cheating cells can be captured by evolutionary game theory and the spatial stucture of the colony by network theory. We combine these concept in a modeling tool that can simulate the dynamical changes in network organization as a result of interactions between cooperators and cheatersI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.