A simple and general explanation for the evolution of altruism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Fletcher, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Doebeli, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Assortment; Cooperation; Fitness accounting; Interaction environment; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 58149215957     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0829     Document Type: Article

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