The evolution of interspecific mutualisms.

doi:10.1073/pnas.95.15.8676

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The evolution of interspecific mutualisms.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Jul 1998

Doebeli M, Knowlton N

Abstract excerpt

Interspecific mutualisms are widespread, but how they evolve is not clear. The Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma is the main theoretical tool to study cooperation, but this model ignores ecological differences between partners and assumes that amounts exchanged cannot themselves evolve. A more realisti...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Species Specificity

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