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Learning to get along despite struggling to get by

How cooperation can evolve by natural selection is important for understanding the evolutionary transition from unicellular to multicellular life. Here we review the evolutionary theories for cooperation, with emphasis on the mechanisms that can favor cooperation and reduce conflict in multicellular...

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Autores principales: Ostrowski, Elizabeth A, Shaulsky, Gad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2718508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19519929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-5-218
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spelling pubmed-27185082010-05-26 Learning to get along despite struggling to get by Ostrowski, Elizabeth A Shaulsky, Gad Genome Biol Review How cooperation can evolve by natural selection is important for understanding the evolutionary transition from unicellular to multicellular life. Here we review the evolutionary theories for cooperation, with emphasis on the mechanisms that can favor cooperation and reduce conflict in multicellular organisms. BioMed Central 2009 2009-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2718508/ /pubmed/19519929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-5-218 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd
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title_short Learning to get along despite struggling to get by
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2718508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19519929
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