Mutualism two-layer lattice. (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Mutualism two-layer lattice.

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A model developed by evolutionary mathematicians in Canada and Europe shows that as cooperation becomes easier, it can unexpectedly break down. The researchers at the University of British Columbia and Hungarian Research Network used computational spatial models to arrange individuals from the two species on separate lattices facing one another.

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Christoph Hauert and György Szabó

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