Day: November 14, 2020

US scientists find evidence for group selection of spider colonies in the wild
US scientists find evidence for group selection of spider colonies in the wild

Saturday, October 4, 2014 US biologists from the Universities of Pittsburgh and Vermont have found that social spiders of species Anelosimus studiosus exhibit apparent group selection, determining a trait affecting the colony’s survival. According to one of the researchers, this is the first experimental evidence of group selection in wild populations driving adaptation to local […]

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