How diet influences the conflict between cell ‘cooperators’ and ‘cheaters’

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Many cancer-fighting microbes are abundant in fermented and high-fibre foods. Image: Pexels/Monstera

Gissel Marquez Alcaraz

Ph.D. Student in Evolutionary Biology, Arizona State University

Athena Aktipis

Associate Professor of Psychology, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University

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How diet influences the conflict between cell ‘cooperators’ and ‘cheaters’

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