Kinship, greenbeards, and runaway social selection in the evolution of social insect cooperation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 10808-10815

  Nonacs, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin nepotism; Phenotypic matching; Social heterosis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRAIT; HAMILTON SCALE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT GENETICS; KIN SELECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 79960623971     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100297108     Document Type: Article

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