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Pleiotropy and synergistic cooperation

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Some forms of stable cooperation can evolve though pleiotropy with a beneficial private trait. This Formal Comment addresses a recent challenge to this idea, arguing that for synergistic, frequency-dependent cooperation,… Click to show full abstract

Some forms of stable cooperation can evolve though pleiotropy with a beneficial private trait. This Formal Comment addresses a recent challenge to this idea, arguing that for synergistic, frequency-dependent cooperation, pleiotropy can raise the frequency up to a point where cooperation is favoured on its own.

Keywords: pleiotropy; synergistic cooperation; pleiotropy synergistic; biology; cooperation pleiotropy; cooperation

Journal Title: PLoS Biology
Year Published: 2019

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