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 organisms.
Ostrowski
Elizabeth A
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA. ostrowski@rice.edu
Shaulsky
Gad
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D046528:Chimerism; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D012641:Selection, Genetic