A mixture of "cheats" and "co-operators" can enable maximal group benefit

Is a group best off if everyone co-operates? Theory often considers this to be so (e.g. the "conspiracy of doves"), this understanding underpinning social and economic policy. We observe, however, that after competition between "cheat" and "co-operator" strains of yeast...

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Main Authors: MacLean, R, Fuentes-Hernandez, A, Greig, D, Hurst, L, Gudelk, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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