Analytical results for individual and group selection of any intensity

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1410-1424

  Traulsen, Arne ^a,b   Shoresh, Noam ^c   Nowak, Martin A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary game theory; Group selection; Stochastic effects; Strong selection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GAME; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAME THEORY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 47349091828     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9305-6     Document Type: Article

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