gene selection

What Is Multilevel Selection Theory?

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What Is Multilevel Selection Theory? The central tenet of multilevel (or group) selection theory conveys that selection not only acts on individuals but can act (simultaneously) on multiple levels of biological organization, including cells and/or groups 48. What is an example of group selection? Examples of behaviours that appear to influence group selection include cooperative

What Is Gene Level Selection?

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What Is Gene Level Selection? In recent literature, ‘gene- level selection’ is often used in a restricted sense, to mean selection between genes within a single organism, as occurs in cases of intra-genomic conflict, e.g. meiotic drive. In this sense, most selection processes cannot be described as gene selection. Why is the gene the unit