Synergistic selection: A Darwinian frame for the evolution of complexity

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 371, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-58

  Corning, Peter A ^a   Szathmáry, Eörs ^b,c  

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

^b PARMENIDES FOUNDATION   (Germany)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Emergence; Mutualism; Symbiosis; Synergy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ECONOMIC THEORY; EVOLUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MUTUALISM;

ARTICLE; AUTECOLOGY; BIOLOGY; EMERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION COMPLEXITY; KIN SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; PUBLICATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLICATIONS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84923334606     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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