期刊
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
卷 22, 期 4, 页码 659-671出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01681.x
关键词
formal Darwinism; group as maximizing agent; group selection; inclusive fitness; individuality; kin selection; levels of selection; major transitions; natural selection; Price equation
资金
- St John's College, Oxford
- Royal Society
Adaptation is conventionally regarded as occurring at the level of the individual organism. However, in recent years there has been a revival of interest in the possibility for group adaptations and superorganisms. Here, we provide the first formal theory of group adaptation. In particular: (1) we clarify the distinction between group selection and group adaptation, framing the former in terms of gene frequency change and the latter in terms of optimization; (2) we capture the superorganism in the form of a 'group as maximizing agent' analogy that links an optimization program to a model of a group-structured population; (3) we demonstrate that between-group selection can lead to group adaptation, but only in rather special circumstances; (4) we provide formal support for the view that between-group selection is the best definition for 'group selection'; and (5) we reveal that mechanisms of conflict resolution such as policing cannot be regarded as group adaptations.
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