Monogamy and high relatedness do not preferentially favor the evolution of cooperation

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nonacs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOGAMY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYGAMY; RELATEDNESS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; DOMINANT GENE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; RECESSIVE GENE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 79952199809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-58     Document Type: Article

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