Maynard Smith on the levels of selection question

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 989-1010

  Okasha, Samir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Evolutionary transitions; Group selection; Individuality; Kin selection; Levels of selection; Pluralism; Price's equation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EVOLUTION; GROUP SELECTION; KIN SELECTION;

EID: 33645285262     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-005-9019-1     Document Type: Article

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