The findings are interesting. Nonetheless, all individual traits of all
living organisms develop ontogenetically under inseparable effects of
both genes and environment. This is obvious even in the case of the
Volvox colony, where all members are descendants of the
founding-member, more food that become ***ually reproductive. Member
that do not reproduce ***ually lose nothing as a result, because their
genes are passed to future colonies through the members that reproduce
***ually. The same holds for multicellular organisms where only a few
cells are involved in ***ual-reproduction, though the situation must be
much more complex then simply result from some cells receiving more
food.
To label such phenomena "altruism", and then compare them with what we
call "altruism" as it exists in human societies is, however, totally
misleading and unjustified, to the point of bordering on the
ridiculous!
nebula331@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Researchers trace origin of an "altruism gene"
> Probing an evolutionary mystery, scientists say they have penned the
> first history of a gene for cooperation.
> http://www.world-science.net
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