Lineage selection and the capacity to evolve.

doi:10.1016/0306-9877(91)90260-6

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Lineage selection and the capacity to evolve.

Medical hypotheses - 1 Oct 1991

Aboitiz F

Abstract excerpt

The capacity of genetic recombination is an unusual adaptive trait since it is based on the capacity to produce evolutionary change rather than on the capacity to produce better performing individuals. The evolution of this character has been considered to be a case of group or species selection....

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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