Re: Article: Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in microorganisms?

From: Tim Tyler (tim_at_tt1lock.org)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 01:44:17 -0500 (EST)

Perplexed in Peoria <jimmenegay@sbcglobal.net> wrote or quoted:
> "Robert Karl Stonjek" <rstonjek@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:ctbnnb$10fb$1@darwin.ediacara.org...

> > News and Commentary
> > Evolutionary theory:
> > Is group selection necessary to explain social adaptations in
> > microorganisms? [...]

> > A model proposed recently by Werfel and Bar-Yam (2004) supports the original
> > ideas of Wynne-Edwards. [snip] Unfortunately, the assumptions of the
> > Werfel and Bar-Yam model do not fit the real world.
>
> And why is that seen as "unfortunate"?

Unfortunate for Werfel and Bar-Yam, no doubt. 

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