Can natural selection favour altruism between species?
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Can natural selection favour altruism between species?
Darwin suggested that the discovery of altruism between species would annihilate his theory of natural selection. However, it has not been formally shown whether between-species altruism can evolve by natural selection, or why this could never happen. Here, we develop a spatial population genetic model of two interacting species, showing that indiscriminate between species helping can be favour...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolutionary Biology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1010-061X
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12195