Evolving the division of labour: Generalists, specialists and task allocation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-388

  Wahl, L M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; GENERALIST; LABOR DIVISION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPECIALIST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036431765     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3133     Document Type: Article

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