Mutation, multilevel selection, and the evolution of propagule size during the origin of multicellularity

American Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 638-654

  Roze, D ^a   Michod, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Endosymbiosis; Evolutionary transitions; Levels of selection; Multicellularity; Mutation load

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION;

EID: 0035665898     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323590     Document Type: Article

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