Group Selection and Group Adaptation During a Major Evolutionary Transition: Insights from the Evolution of Multicellularity in the Volvocine Algae

Biological Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 452-469

  Shelton, Deborah E ^a   Michod, Richard E ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Basichlamys; Evolutionary transitions in individuality; Multi level selection; Multicellularity; Volvocaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895899516     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-014-0159-x     Document Type: Article

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