Rotating the Necker cube: A bioeconomic approach to cooperation and the causal role of synergy in evolution

Journal of Bioeconomics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-193

  Corning, Peter A ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of Complex Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Division of labor; Emergence; Game theory; Group selection; Inclusive fitness; Natural genetic engineering; Natural selection; Symbiogenesis; Symbiosis; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAME THEORY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROUP SELECTION; LABOR DIVISION; NATURAL SELECTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84879175868     PISSN: 13876996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10818-012-9142-4     Document Type: Article

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