Kinship and the evolution of altruism in social amoebae and A model for the evolution of kin-limited interactions

For decades, social amoebae have served as a model supporting broader theories of social behavior. Owing to their peculiar aggregative life cycle, it has seemed reasonable altruism in social amoebae is possible because of adaptive mechanisms of kin discrimination, and kin discrimination evolves to m...

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Main Author: Gilbert, Owen Michael
Other Authors: Joan E. Strassmann
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1911/64440