Altruism via kin-selection strategies that rely on arbitrary tags with which they coevolve

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1833-1838

  Axelrod, Robert ^a   Hammond, Ross A ^a   Grafen, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armpit effect; Hamilton's rule; Inclusive fitness; Price equation; Self recognition; Viscous population

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COEVOLUTION; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY;

EID: 4344569454     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00465.x     Document Type: Article

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