Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
With a little help from my friends: Cooperation can accelerate crossing of adaptive valleys
Uri Obolski, Ohad Lewin-Epstein, Eran Even-Tov…·Lilach Hadany
This study shows cooperation can speed up complex adaptation by facilitating adaptive peak shifts and increasing population robustness to environmental changes.
DOI 10.1186/s12862-017-0983-2