The "Greenbeard Effect" is a theoretical evolutionary mechanism in which a gene (or set of genes) produces a phenotypic marker, enables recognition of that marker in others, and promotes altruistic behavior toward bearer individuals, thereby increasing its own inclusive fitness through non-kin-based cooperation.
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Single-Gene Greenbeard Effects in the Social Amoeba <i>Dictyostelium discoideum</i>
David C. Queller, Eleonora Ponte, Salvatore Bozzaro et al. · Science · 2003 · 308 citations
Andy Gardner, Stuart A. West · Evolution · 2009 · 282 citations
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University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe, United States
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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University of Bath
Bath, United Kingdom
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
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Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
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Institute of the Environment
Ottawa, Canada
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Washington University in St. Louis
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PNAS · 3 publications · 369 citations
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JEB · 2 publications · 90 citations
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