Paul B. Rainey
Max Planck Society
235 Papers
1.2K Citations
Paul B. Rainey is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Pseudomonas fluorescens. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 222 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul B. Rainey include Massey University & Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.
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Papers
Precarious development: the uncertain social life of cellular slime molds.
TL;DR: A hitherto unrecognized aspect of D. discoideum life history is revealed that prompts a rethink of commonly held views concerning the sociobiology of this and related slime molds.
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Experimental evolution of nascent multicellularity: Recognizing a Darwinian transition in individuality
TL;DR: It is argued that in the Pseudomonas experiments, bacterial groups acquired Darwinian properties sufficient to allow the evolution of traits adaptive at the group level.
Origin and evolution of a pandemic lineage of the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
Honour C. McCann,Li Li,Yifei Liu,Dawei Li,Hui Pan,Canhong Zhong,Erik H. A. Rikkerink,Matthew D. Templeton,Christina Straub,Elena Colombi,Paul B. Rainey,Hongwen Huang +11 more
TL;DR: Genome sequencing of fifty isolates and the inclusion of an additional thirty from previous studies show that China is the origin of the recently emerged pandemic lineage of Psa, and point to non-agricultural plants in either Japan or Korea as home to the source population.
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Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality: the transition from cells to multicellular life
Andrew J. Black,Pierrick Bourrat,Paul B. Rainey +2 more
- 31 May 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show how a minimal ecological structure comprised of patchily distributed resources and between patch dispersal can scaffold Darwinian-like properties on collectives of cells.
Genetic structure of the grey side-gilled sea slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata) in coastal waters of New Zealand
TL;DR: The genetic structure and demographic history of P. maculata populations from five principle locations in New Zealand are described based on extensive analyses of 12 microsatellite loci and the COI and CytB regions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).