Look at this week's copy of *nature* On Nov 5 2012, Vashka dos Remedios wrote:
>Dear all, > >The new CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) seminar series continues >this Wednesday, 7 November, 1-2:30pm in HPS Seminar Room 2. Jonathan Birch >(HPS, Cambridge), will give a talk entitled "Altruism and relatedness in >microbial populations". The abstract is below. > >All are very welcome, and we hope to see many of you there. > >Best wishes, >Vashka > >-- > >Most theories of the evolution of altruism are built with multicellular >animals in mind. What happens when we apply these theories to the evolution >of altruism in the microbial world? In particular, what happens to the >relationship between altruism and genetic relatedness, given the propensity >of microbes to trade genes 'horizontally' with one another? I use simple >models to address these questions. I argue that gene mobility makes the >evolution of altruism more likely than it otherwise would be. I also show >how the very concept of 'genetic relatedness' is transformed by a >recognition of the importance of gene mobility. In the microbial world, >relatedness is gene-relative, it changes during the life cycle, and it >probably co-evolves with the altruism it sustains. > >_____________________________________________________ >Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe >or change your membership options, please visit the list >information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents > >Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive > _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
