Origin of group identity : viruses, addiction, and cooperation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Villarreal, Luis P.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Springer, [2009]
Subjects:	Evolution, Molecular. Biological Evolution. Cooperative Behavior. Social Identification. Molecular genetics. Molecular virology. Social evolution in animals. Social evolution. Viral genetics. Viruses > Evolution. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

An overview : identity from bacteria to belief
The prokaryotes : viruses, hyperparasites and the origin of group identity
Sensory systems (light, odor, pheromones) in communities of oceanic microbes
Subjugation of the individual : prokaryotic group living : blooms, slime and mats
Animal group identity : from slime to worms, emergence of the brain
Group identity in aquatic animals : learning to belong
Development of tetrapod group identity, the smell of self
Origin of primate group identity : vision and the great ERV invasion
Human group identity : language and a social mind.