What can microbial genetics teach sociobiology?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-80

  Foster, Kevin R ^a   Parkinson, Katie ^b   Thompson, Christopher R L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOBIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; COERCION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 33846479426     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.12.003     Document Type: Review

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