#  Self-interest wins out over mutually beneficial, study says 

 





August 01, 2010

 

 

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**Naomi Pierce** co-authored a new paper suggesting that the mutually beneficial relationships that species create are maintained because of simple self-interest. [*Harvard Gazette article*](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/08/i'll-get-mine-jack/)

 

 

 



 

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