Evolutionary construction by staying together and coming together

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 320, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-22

  Tarnita, Corina E ^a,b   Taubes, Clifford H ^b   Nowak, Martin A ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Evolutionary game theory; Multicellularity

Indexed keywords

EARTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; MODELING;

ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EUKARYOTE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITUATION; HAPLOIDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84871755266     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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