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