title: Evolution of cooperation: does selfishness restraint lie within?
abstract: Traditional models of how cooperative strategies succeed in evolution have largely focused on social interactions among individuals and selection acting at kin and group levels. A recent study at the genetic level suggests that cooperation may also be promoted by the evolution of gene-trait relationships that limit the range of possible cheating mechanisms that can evolve.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Spemannstr. 37-39/IV, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. gregory.velicer@tuebingen.mpg.de
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Velicer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006588:Hexanones / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D006588:Hexanones; C053433:1-((3,5-dichloro)-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-1-hexanone