Contract theory for the evolution of cooperation: The right incentives attract the right partners

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Archetti, Marco ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Mutualism; Screening; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAME THEORY; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; GAME; MATE CHOICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DECAPODIFORMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 78149245576     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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