Group Selection

'''Group selection''' is the [[Natural Selection|natural selection]] of group characteristics. It happens through the interaction of two distinct evolutionary processes on two different scales: the level of the gene, and the level of group (or meme). It is a special case of [[Multilevel Selection|multilevel selection]], where two processes of [[Natural Selection|natural selection]] interact with each other. In group selection, different forms of replicators support each other: genes increase the fitness of the memes in the groups of the individuals, and memes increase in turn the fitness of genes in their groups.

== Links ==

see also 
* Wikipedia Entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection Group Selection]

* Nicholas S. Thompson, [http://www.behavior.org/journals_BP/2000/thompson.pdf Shifting the Natural Selection Metaphor to the Group Level], Behavior and Philosophy, 28, 83-101 (2000)

* David S. Wilson & Elliott Sober, [http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/OldArchive/bbs.wilson.html Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences], Behavioral and Brain Sciences 17 (4) (1994) 585-654

[[Category:Basic Principles]] [[Category:Evolutionary Principles]]