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A generalization of Hamilton's rule for the evolution of microbial cooperation.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Jun 2010
Smith Jeff, Van Dyken J David, Zee Peter C
Abstract excerpt
Hamilton's rule states that cooperation will evolve if the fitness cost to actors is less than the benefit to recipients multiplied by their genetic relatedness. This rule makes many simplifying assumptions, however, and does not accurately describe social evolution in organisms such as microbes where selection is both strong and nonadditive. We derived a generalization of Hamilton's rule and measured its...
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