Adaptation and the genetics of social behaviour

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1533, 2009, Pages 3209-3216

  Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation ,conflict; Altruism; Genetics of behaviour; Indirect genetic effects; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTRUISM; DIVERGENCE; EUSOCIALITY; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PLEIOTROPY; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES;

EID: 72649088963     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0108     Document Type: Review

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