Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Can public good producing subclones invade a population of non-producers?
Svyatoslav Tkachenko, Michael Hinczewski, Christopher D. McFarland
The paper shows that public good-producing subclones can invade non-producer populations in structured environments due to spatial effects, challenging classical evolutionary game theory predictions.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.14.725277