Assortment is a more fundamental explanation for the evolution of altruism than inclusive fitness or multilevel selection: Reply to Bijma and Aanen

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1682, 2010, Pages 677-678

  Fletcher, Jeffrey A ^a   Doebeli, Michael ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 77649212174     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1722     Document Type: Note

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