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Genetic hitchhiking can promote the initial spread of strong altruism
BACKGROUND: The evolutionary origin of strong altruism (where the altruist pays an absolute cost in terms of fitness) towards non-kin has never been satisfactorily explained since no mechanism (except genetic drift) seems to be able to overcome the fitness disadvantage of the individual who practice...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2580771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18847475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-281 |