Tight-knit family: even microbes favor their own kin

New research published by Rice University biologists in this week's issue of Nature finds that even the simplest of social creatures - single-celled amoebae - have the ability not only to recognize their own family members but also to selectively discriminate in favor of them.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news75568649.html">Tight-knit family: even microbes favor their own kin</a></p> <p>New research published by Rice University biologists in this week's issue of <i>Nature</i> finds that even the simplest of social creatures - single-celled amoebae - have the ability not only to recognize their own family members but also to selectively discriminate in favor of them.</p>