The concurrent evolution of cooperation and the population structures that support it

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1527-1543

  Powers, Simon T ^a   Penn, Alexandra S ^a   Watson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group size; Kin selection; Linkage disequilibrium; Multilevel selection; Relatedness; Snowdrift game

Indexed keywords

GROUP SELECTION; GROUP SIZE; KIN SELECTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79958053621     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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