Evolutionary Explanations for Cooperation

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  West, Stuart A ^a   Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a   Gardner, Andy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; COOPERATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENES; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547909929     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.004     Document Type: Review

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