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Causality and the Levels of Selection.

D B Krupp1.   

Abstract

When is it sensible to say that group selection has shaped organismal design? This question has prompted many replies but few credible solutions. New work that exposes the causal relationships between phenotypes and fitness may finally settle the matter - and a few other things besides.
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Keywords:  causality; emergence; frequency dependence; group selection; multi-level selection; synergy

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Year:  2016        PMID: 26831634     DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.01.008

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Trends Ecol Evol        ISSN: 0169-5347            Impact factor:   17.712


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1.  Ecology and multilevel selection explain aggression in spider colonies.

Authors:  Jay M Biernaskie; Kevin R Foster
Journal:  Ecol Lett       Date:  2016-06-06       Impact factor: 9.492

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