title: On the effectiveness of multilevel selection.
abstract: Experimental studies of group selection show that higher levels of selection act on indirect genetic effects, making the response to group and community selection qualitatively different from that of individual selection. This suggests that multilevel selection plays a key role in the evolution of supersocial societies. Experiments showing the effectiveness of community selection indicate that we should consider the possibility that selection among communities may be important in the evolution of supersocial species.
authors: Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. charles.goodnight@uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu/~biology/?Page=faculty/goodnight.php
authors: Charles J
authors: CJ
authors: Goodnight
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012919:Social Behavior