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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59893
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71441
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.en_US
dc.formatMonograph
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dc.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dc.typeDissertation
dcterms.abstractDue to criticisms of early na?Ève group selection arguments, most evolutionary biologists hesitate to invoke selection at any level higher than the individual. Subsequent group selection arguments, while attempting to address conflicts between individual and group interests, have remained focused on individuals as units and have consequently been limited in scope. By focusing on groups as evolutionary units while avoiding the errors of earlier arguments, a simple, yet informative view emerges in which selection for groups capable of persisting favors those that are both superior in terms of group formation/extinction rates and stable with respect to individual selection. Hence, apparent adaptations of groups are the result of not just selection at the individual or lower level, but selection at all levels, and are therefore true higher-level adaptations. This framework is applied to a variety of theoretical evolutionary scenarios to demonstrate its usefulness, generality, and logical consistency.
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dcterms.contributorGinzburg, Lev R.en_US
dcterms.contributorMunch, Stephan B.Dykhuizen, Daniel E.Damuth, John.en_US
dcterms.creatorTran, Jeremy Khai
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-05-22T17:35:43Z
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dcterms.dateSubmitted2013-05-22T17:35:43Z
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dcterms.descriptionDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionen_US
dcterms.extent71 pg.en_US
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dcterms.identifierTran_grad.sunysb_0771E_10751en_US
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59893
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71441
dcterms.issued2011-12-01
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dcterms.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dcterms.subjectaltruism, cooperation, emergent, group selection, positive frequency-dependence
dcterms.subjectEvolution & development--Animal behavior--Ecology
dcterms.titleAdaptation by group selection: elimination acts on all levels
dcterms.typeDissertation


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