The evolutionary history of division of labour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1726, 2011, Pages 116-121

  Simpson, Carl ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coloniality; Division of labour; Germ soma evolution; Levels of selection; Multi cellularity; Transitions in individuality

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; SELECTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 81855184573     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0766     Document Type: Article

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