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multilevel selection: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary biology

the view that natural selection acts at several levels at once, including among groups as well as among individuals within groups.

In evolutionary biology, multilevel selection refers to the view that natural selection acts at several levels at once, including among groups as well as among individuals within groups. This meaning comes from Wilson (1994) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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References

Wilson, D. S., & Sober, E. (1994). Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17(4), 585-608. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00036104

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