Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
Evolution. 2011 Jun;65(6):1523-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01290.x. Epub 2011 Apr 3.
Group selection, which was once widely rejected as a significant evolutionary force, is now accepted by all who seriously study the subject. There is still widespread confusion about group selection, however, not only among students and the general public, but among professional evolutionists who do not directly study the subject. We list eight criticisms that are frequently invoked against group selection, which can be permanently laid to rest based upon current knowledge. Experts will always find something to critique about group selection, as for any important subject, but these eight criticisms are not among them. Laying them to rest will enable authors to openly use the term group selection without being handicapped during the review process.
群体选择曾一度被广泛否定，认为其不是一种重要的进化力量，但现在所有认真研究这个课题的人都接受了这一观点。然而，对于群体选择，人们仍然存在广泛的困惑，不仅是学生和公众，甚至包括那些没有直接研究这个课题的专业进化生物学家。我们列出了八项经常被用来反对群体选择的批评意见，这些意见现在都可以根据现有知识得到永久性的解决。对于任何一个重要的课题，专家们总会发现一些可以批评的地方，但这八项批评并不在其中。解决这些批评意见将使作者能够在不影响评审过程的情况下，公开使用“群体选择”一词。
