Kin selection-mutation balance: A model for the origin, maintenance, and consequences of social cheating

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-300

  Van Dyken, J David ^a   Linksvayer, Timothy A ^b,c   Wade, Michael J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheating; Conflict; Kin selection; Load; Mutation; Policing

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; KIN SELECTION; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECEPTION; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MUTATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79951935240     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658365     Document Type: Article

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